Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
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
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5251
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4140
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
nomoskaar
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
subhoraattri
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
suprobhaat
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
anugroha kori
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
biḍai
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Chakma
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Hajong
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Assam
India
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.30 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million196.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
assamais
bengali
German Name
Assamesisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
7th century A.D
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Kamarupa
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Assamese
Bengali
Language Position
654
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Assamese
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
asm
ben
ISO 639 2/B
asm
ben
ISO 639 3
asm
ben
ISO 639 6
asm
ben
Glottocode
assa1263
beng1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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