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Bengali and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Japan   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
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
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
11   
8

How Many Consonants
14   
4
40   
29

Scripts
Kana   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
kansai   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
日本語   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
japonais   
bengali   

German Name
Japanisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
1185   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Bengali   

Language Position
8   
8
4   
4

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
ben   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Japanese and Bengali Speaking population

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Japanese and Bengali Language Codes

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