Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
University of Sarajevo
  
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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bengali
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
19th 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
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bengali and Bosnian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bengali and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Bosnian language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Bengali vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bengali and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.