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Bengali and Arabic


Arabic and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
23   
4

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

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
40   
29
28   
18

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
شكرا   

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

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
صباح الخير   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
آسف   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
وداعا   

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

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Maghrebi   

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

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Sudan   

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

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
India   
Cyprus, Levant   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

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

French Name
bengali   
arabe   

German Name
Bengali   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
512 CE   

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

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
4   
4
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
ara   

ISO 639 3
ben   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Bengali and Arabic Speaking population

Bengali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Bengali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Arabic Language Codes

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

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