Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
India
Republic of Brazil
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
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
China, United States of America
Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
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French Name
bengali
chinois
German Name
Bengali
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Han
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
beng1280
sini1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Bengali and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Chinese language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Chinese Difficulty
The Bengali vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.