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Bengali and Danish


Danish and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

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   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
20   
17

How Many Consonants
40   
29
20   
10

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)   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
God nat   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
God morgen   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
Please   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Undskyld!   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Farvel   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Denmark   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
India   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
Not Available   

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
bengali   
danois   

German Name
Bengali   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
4   
4
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
dan   

ISO 639 3
ben   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Bengali and Danish Speaking population

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

Bengali and Danish Language Codes

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

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