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Bengali vs 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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Japanese and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Bengali language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Bengali Language History.

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

Japanese vs Bengali Difficulty

The Japanese vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.

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