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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

433
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

India
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

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
South Africa

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

115
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4021
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

27
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hello

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Thank you

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
How are you?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Night

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Good Morning

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Please

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Sorry

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Bye

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
I love you

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
American English

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
United States of America

How Many People Speak

330,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

71,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Welsh English

Where They Speak

India
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

25188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
English

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
English

French Name

bengali
anglais

German Name

Bengali
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
English people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
5th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Bengali
Standard English

Language Position

43
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
eng

ISO 639 2/B

ben
eng

ISO 639 3

ben
eng

ISO 639 6

ben
engs

Glottocode

beng1280
stan1293

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Bengali and English Alphabets

Bengali and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and English. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Bengali and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and English languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and English dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and English Speaking population

Bengali and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and English languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and English on Bengali vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and English Language Codes

Bengali and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.