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Chinese and Bengali


Bengali and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
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   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200   
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
11   
8

How Many Consonants
23   
13
40   
29

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Wu   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Yue   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
India   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
chinois   
bengali   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Bengali   

Language Position
1   
1
4   
4

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
ben   

ISO 639 3
zho   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Chinese and Bengali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Bengali Speaking population

Chinese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Bengali on Chinese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Bengali Language Codes

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