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Bengali and Konkani


Konkani and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
India   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
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   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Marathi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
16   
13

How Many Consonants
40   
29
36   
26

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Devanagari   

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
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
Namaskar   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
Chike   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Maf kor   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Adeus   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
7.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
bengali   
konkani   

German Name
Bengali   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
1209 A.D.   

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   
Kokani   

Language Position
4   
4
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
kok   

ISO 639 3
ben   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bengali and Konkani Speaking population

Bengali and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Bengali vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Konkani Language Codes

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

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