Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
India
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
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
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
maaf
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
bengali
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
indo1316
  
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
  
Bengali and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Indonesian language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Bengali vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.