Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Fiji, India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
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
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Where They Speak
India
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
bengali
hindi
German Name
Bengali
Hindi
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hindustani people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
beng1280
hind1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bengali and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Hindi language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Hindi Difficulty
The Bengali vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.
