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Bengali and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
4  
11

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
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
Not Available  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Please  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Sorry  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Bye  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
I love you  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
English  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
anglais  
bengali  

German Name
Englisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Bengali  

Language Position
3  
3
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
ben  

ISO 639 3
eng  
ben  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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English and Bengali Speaking population

English and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of English and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Bengali on English vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Bengali Language Codes

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

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