Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Zulu language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5131
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4018
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Moni
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Zikomo
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Chonde
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pepani
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
anatsanzikana
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Pepani
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
330,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
71,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
bengali
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bengali
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Chewa people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Chewa
Language Position
427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
nya
ISO 639 2/B
ben
nya
ISO 639 3
ben
nya
ISO 639 6
ben
nya
Glottocode
beng1280
nyan1308
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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