Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Russia
Second Language
India
Afganistan
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
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India
Novgorod
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Русский
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Russki
French Name
bengali
russe
German Name
Bengali
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Russians
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
russ1263
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bengali and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Russian language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Russian Difficulty
The Bengali vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.
