Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Abkhazia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
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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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5162
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4060
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
амритана
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Амарахь
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
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Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
330,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
71,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Sadz
Where They Speak
India
Turkey
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
bengali
abkhaze
German Name
Bengali
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Abkhaz people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Abkhaz
Language Position
428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
abk
ISO 639 2/B
ben
abk
ISO 639 3
ben
abk
ISO 639 6
ben
abks
Glottocode
beng1280
abkh1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative