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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5132
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1115
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4017
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
23
Polish
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
hallo
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
goeie more
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
jammer
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Rarhi
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
253
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.11 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
4NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
bn
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ben
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ben
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
ben
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
beng1280
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic

Bengali and Afrikaans Alphabets

Bengali and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Afrikaans. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Bengali and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Afrikaans languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Afrikaans Speaking population

Bengali and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Bengali and Afrikaans on Bengali vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Afrikaans Language Codes

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