Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Iran
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5134
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4026
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Salam
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
chone tao?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
jawáin sawáh
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Chakma
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
330,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
71,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Baluchi
French Name
bengali
baloutchi
German Name
Bengali
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1000–1200 CE
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Balochi
Language Position
439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
bal
ISO 639 2/B
ben
bal
ISO 639 3
ben
bal
ISO 639 6
ben
bal
Glottocode
beng1280
balo1260
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-