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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5128
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4023
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
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)
Kumusta
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Salamat
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumusta
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Magandang umaga
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Mangyaring
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Paalam
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Chakma
Bikol
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
330,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
71,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Waray
Where They Speak
India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
filipino
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Pilipino
French Name
bengali
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Bengali
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Filipino 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
Filipino
Language Position
434
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
fil
ISO 639 2/B
ben
fil
ISO 639 3
ben
fil
ISO 639 6
ben
fil
Glottocode
beng1280
fili1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-