Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
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 in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
215.00 million
  
9
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.