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Nepali vs Bengali


Bengali vs Nepali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nepal  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
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
Language Academy of Nepal  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
कृपया  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
népalais  
bengali  

German Name
Nepali  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Bengali  

Language Position
59  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ben  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
12  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Bengali language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Bengali Language History.

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Nepali 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 Nepali and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Bengali language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Bengali Difficulty

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

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