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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 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
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5153
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1110
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4043
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
23
Polish
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Molo
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
Gcaleka
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
Thembu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hlubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
South Africa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
259
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million20.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.11 %0.11 %
Persian
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million8.20 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million11.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
isiXhosa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
xhosa
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
isiXhosa
6.3.3 Language Position
4NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
bn
xh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ben
xho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ben
xho
7.3 ISO 639 3
ben
xho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
beng1280
xhos1239
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Bengali and Xhosa Alphabets

Bengali and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Xhosa. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Bengali and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Xhosa languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Bengali and Xhosa Language Codes

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