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Serbian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-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  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

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

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
India  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
Not Available  

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Montenegrin  

French Name
bengali  
serbe  

German Name
Bengali  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
4  
4
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ben  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Bengali and Serbian Speaking population

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

Bengali and Serbian Language Codes

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

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