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German vs Bengali


Bengali vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Germany   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
India   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
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
Council for German Orthography   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
11   
8

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Danke   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
bitte   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Tschüs   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Texas   
India   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Deutsch   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
allemand   
bengali   

German Name
Deutsch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Bengali   

Language Position
9   
9
4   
4

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
ben   

ISO 639 3
deu   
ben   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Bengali Language History

Comparison of German vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of German and Bengali language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Bengali Language History.

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

German vs Bengali Difficulty

The German vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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