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Sanskrit and Bengali


Bengali and Sanskrit


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
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
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
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
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
sanskrit  
bengali  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Bengali  

Language Position
Not Available  
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
ben  

ISO 639 3
san  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Sanskrit and Bengali Speaking population

Sanskrit and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Bengali on Sanskrit vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Bengali Language Codes

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

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