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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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Pan South African Language Board
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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Xhosa Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5157
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
117
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4050
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)
Sawubona
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
Qwabe
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Rarhi
Ndebele
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
254
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million30.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.11 %0.16 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million12.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million16.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
isiZulu
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
zoulou
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
Zulu-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
19
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
Beatu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
Deep Zulu
6.3.3 Language Position
487
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
bn
zu
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ben
zul
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ben
zul
7.3 ISO 639 3
ben
zul
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
beng1280
zulu1248
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUT-fg
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 Zulu Alphabets

Bengali and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Zulu. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Bengali and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Zulu Speaking population

Bengali and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Bengali vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Zulu Language Codes

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