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Javanese and Bengali


Bengali and Javanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
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
Not Available  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Not Available  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
13
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
basa Jawa  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
javanais  
bengali  

German Name
Javanisch  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Bengali  

Language Position
11  
10
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
ben  

ISO 639 3
jav  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
java1253  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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

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Javanese and Bengali Speaking population

Javanese and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Bengali on Javanese vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Bengali Language Codes

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

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