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Afrikaans and Bengali


Bengali and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
South Africa  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
11  
8

How Many Consonants
17  
7
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Dankie  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
goeie nag  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
goeie more  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
asseblief  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
jammer  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Not Available  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
Afrikaans  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
afrikaans  
bengali  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Bengali  

Language Position
Not Available  
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
ben  

ISO 639 3
afr  
ben  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Not Available  

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All Afrikaans and Bengali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Bengali Speaking population

Afrikaans and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Bengali on Afrikaans vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Bengali Language Codes

Afrikaans and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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