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Bengali and Croatian


Croatian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Austria  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
25  
15

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
bok  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
hvala  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
kako si  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
dobro jutro  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
molim  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Oprostite  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Hrvatski  

French Name
bengali  
croate  

German Name
Bengali  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Croats  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
4  
4
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
ben  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Bengali and Croatian Speaking population

Bengali and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Bengali vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Croatian Language Codes

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

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