Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4029
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Silaw
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Sipas
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Bayanit bash
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Bê zehmet
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bibûre
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Be xêr çî
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Chakma
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
330,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
71,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
India
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
bengali
kurde
German Name
Bengali
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Kurds
Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Bengali
Kurdish
Language Position
414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
kur
ISO 639 2/B
ben
kur
ISO 639 3
ben
kur
ISO 639 6
ben
kur
Glottocode
beng1280
kurd1259
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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