Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, 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
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5121
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4019
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
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Urakoze
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Mwaramutse
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndasubiza
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
N’agasaga
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Chakma
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
330,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Ha
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
71,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Shubi
Where They Speak
India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
bengali
rundi
German Name
Bengali
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Kirundi
Language Position
486
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
bn
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
run
ISO 639 2/B
ben
run
ISO 639 3
ben
run
ISO 639 6
ben
run
Glottocode
beng1280
rund1242
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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