Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Malaysia
Second Language
India
Indonesia
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
Thailand
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hai
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
terima kasih
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Selamat pagi
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
sila
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
maaf
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Chakma
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
330,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Pekal
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
71,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Musi
Where They Speak
India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2524
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
bengali
malais
German Name
Bengali
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Malaysian people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Bengali
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
msa
ISO 639 2/B
ben
may
ISO 639 3
ben
zsm
ISO 639 6
ben
may
Glottocode
beng1280
stan1306
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative