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Bengali and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Vietnam   

Second Language
India   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

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   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Assamese and Oriya   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
Xin chào   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
Cam on   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
India   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
bengali   
vietnamien   

German Name
Bengali   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
4   
4
14   
13

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
vie   

ISO 639 3
ben   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Bengali and Vietnamese Speaking population

Bengali and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Vietnamese on Bengali vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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