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Bengali and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
South Africa   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
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
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
sorry   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
vaarwel   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Nederlands   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
bengali   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Bengali   

Language Position
48   
35
4   
4

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
ben   

ISO 639 3
nld   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Bengali Speaking population

Dutch and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Bengali on Dutch vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Bengali Language Codes

Dutch and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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