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Bengali and Hindi


Hindi and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
India   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

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   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Urdu   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
11   
8

How Many Consonants
40   
29
33   
23

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
India   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
bengali   
hindi   

German Name
Bengali   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
4   
4
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
hin   

ISO 639 3
ben   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
beng1280   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
59-AAF-qf   

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

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Bengali and Hindi Speaking population

Bengali and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Bengali vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Hindi Language Codes

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

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