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Bengali and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
4   
11

National Language
France   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
India   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
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
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
bonjour   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Merci   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
désolé   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
au revoir   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
African French   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
français   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
français   
bengali   

German Name
Französisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Bengali   

Language Position
13   
12
4   
4

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
ben   

ISO 639 3
fra   
ben   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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French and Bengali Speaking population

French and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of French and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Bengali on French vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Bengali Language Codes

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

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