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Chinese vs Bengali


Bengali vs 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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Chinese and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Bengali language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chinese and Bengali Language History.

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Chinese and Bengali 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 Chinese and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Bengali language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Chinese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Bengali 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 Chinese and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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