Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bulgaria
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Macedonian language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4036
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
330,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
71,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2558
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Balgarski
French Name
bengali
bulgare
German Name
Bengali
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Bulgarian people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Indic
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
488
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
bul
ISO 639 2/B
ben
bul
ISO 639 3
ben
bul
ISO 639 6
ben
buls
Glottocode
beng1280
bulg1262
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-