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Bengali and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
4  
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
28  
18
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
من فضلك  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
آسف  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
وداعا  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
أحبك  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
arabe  
bengali  

German Name
Arabisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Bengali  

Language Position
25  
21
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
ben  

ISO 639 3
ara  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Bengali Speaking population

Arabic and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Bengali on Arabic vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Bengali Language Codes

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

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