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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

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
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.
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Thai Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5153
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1128
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4027
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai and Lao Braille

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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Laos

How Many People Speak

330,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Laos

How Many People Speak

71,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Central Lao

Where They Speak

India
Laos

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

bengali
lao

German Name

Bengali
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Lao people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Tai

Branch

Indic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Lao

Language Position

443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
lao

ISO 639 2/B

ben
lao

ISO 639 3

ben
lao

ISO 639 6

ben
lao

Glottocode

beng1280
laoo1244

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Bengali and Lao Alphabets

Bengali and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Lao. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Bengali and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Lao languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali and Lao 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 Lao dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and Lao Speaking population

Bengali and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Lao on Bengali vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Lao Language Codes

Bengali and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.