Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
Second Language
India
Philippines
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4016
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hoy
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Salamat
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Maayong Buntag
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Palihug
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Babay
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Boholano
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Bohol
How Many People Speak
330,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
71,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
North Kana
Where They Speak
India
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
bengali
cebuano
German Name
Bengali
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Cebuano people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
462
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
ben
ceb
ISO 639 3
ben
ceb
ISO 639 6
ben
ceb
Glottocode
beng1280
cebu1242
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-