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Tagalog vs Bengali


Bengali vs Tagalog


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Filipinos  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
18  
8
40  
29

Scripts
Baybayin  
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
pakiusap  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
Paálam  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
330,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
71,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
19.00 million  
16

Native Name
Tagalog  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
tagalog  
bengali  

German Name
Tagalog  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1593  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Bengali  

Language Position
58  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
ben  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
ben  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Tagalog and Bengali Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Bengali language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Bengali language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Bengali Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Bengali Difficulty

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

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