Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Indonesia
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
Second Language
India
East Timor, Indonesia
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
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Malay language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Halo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Selamat Pagi
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
maaf
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Hajong
Balinese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
bengali
indonésien
German Name
Bengali
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Indonesians
Origin
1000–1200 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Bengali
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
indo1316
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Bengali and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bengali and Indonesian Speaking population
Bengali and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Bengali vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Indonesian Language Codes
Bengali and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.