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Bengali and Swahili


Swahili and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Assamese and Oriya  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Habari  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Asante  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
tafadhali  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
pole  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
bye  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
India  
Kilwa  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
Not Available  

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
16
Not Available  

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
bengali  
swahili  

German Name
Bengali  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
6th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Swahili  

Language Position
4  
4
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
swa  

ISO 639 3
ben  
swa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
beng1280  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Bengali and Swahili Speaking population

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

Bengali and Swahili Language Codes

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

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