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Malaysian and Bengali


Bengali and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
4   
11

National Language
Malaysia   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Indonesia   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
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
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
terima kasih   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
sila   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
maaf   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Musi   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
malais   
bengali   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Bengali   

Language Position
54   
39
4   
4

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
ben   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Malaysian and Bengali Speaking population

Malaysian and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Bengali on Malaysian vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Bengali Language Codes

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

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