Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
India
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
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
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hallo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dankjewel
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
goedemorgen
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
sorry
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
vaarwel
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
pardon
Dialect 1
Chakma
Gronings
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Hajong
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
India
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
bengali
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Bengali
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Dutch people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
mode1257
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bengali and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Dutch language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Dutch Difficulty
The Bengali vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.