Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, 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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5147
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4031
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
330,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
71,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Surati
Where They Speak
India
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How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
bengali
goudjrati
German Name
Bengali
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Gujaratis
Origin
1000–1200 CE
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
guj
ISO 639 2/B
ben
guj
ISO 639 3
ben
guj
ISO 639 6
ben
guj
Glottocode
beng1280
guja1252
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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