Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit 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)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hajong
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Not Available
French Name
bengali
sanskrit
German Name
Bengali
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Not Available
Origin
1000–1200 CE
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Bengali
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
sans1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bengali and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Sanskrit language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Bengali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.
