Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Latvian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4020
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
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Sveiki
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Ačiū
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Labanakt
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Laba diena
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Labas rytas
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Prašom
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
atsiprašau
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Ate
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Chakma
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
330,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
71,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Curonian
Where They Speak
India
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2510
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
bengali
lituanien
German Name
Bengali
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Lithuanians
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Lithuanian
Language Position
444
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
lit
ISO 639 2/B
ben
lit
ISO 639 3
ben
lit
ISO 639 6
ben
lit
Glottocode
beng1280
lith1251
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic