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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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