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Bengali and Marathi


Marathi and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
India   

Second Language
India   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

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   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.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)   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

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

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
India   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
bengali   
marathe   

German Name
Bengali   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Marathi   

Language Position
4   
4
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
mar   

ISO 639 3
ben   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
omr   

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

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Bengali and Marathi Speaking population

Bengali and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Bengali vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Marathi Language Codes

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

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