Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Mongolia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Turkish Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5135
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1113
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4020
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
330,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
71,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
India
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
bengali
mongol
German Name
Bengali
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Mongols
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1224-1225
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Mongolian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Bengali
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mon
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mon
ISO 639 3
ben
mon
ISO 639 6
ben
mon
Glottocode
beng1280
mong1331
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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