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Bengali and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
South Africa   

Second Language
India   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

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   

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

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.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
15   
12

How Many Consonants
40   
29
17   
7

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
hallo   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
Dankie   

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

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
goeie more   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
asseblief   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
jammer   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Not Available   

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

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
Not Available   

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
bengali   
afrikaans   

German Name
Bengali   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
4   
4
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
afr   

ISO 639 3
ben   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
beng1280   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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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.

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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.

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