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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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