Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
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 in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Chakma
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Hajong
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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)
Origin
AD 450-500
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Bengali
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
beng1280
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.