Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
India
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Moi
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Finland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Finland, Rauma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Suomi
  
French Name
bengali
  
finnois
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1543
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Indic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
standard Finnish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
finn1318
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Bengali and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Finnish language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Finnish Difficulty
The Bengali vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.