Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Latvia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4024
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Sveiki
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Paldies
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Labdien
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Labrīt
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
lūdzu
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Piedodiet!
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Chakma
Livonian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
330,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
71,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
India
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Lettish
French Name
bengali
letton
German Name
Bengali
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Baltic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Latvian
Language Position
49
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
lav
ISO 639 2/B
ben
lav
ISO 639 3
ben
lav
ISO 639 6
ben
lav
Glottocode
beng1280
latv1249
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic