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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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Dutch and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Bengali language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Bengali Language History.

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

Dutch vs Bengali Difficulty

The Dutch vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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