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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
European Union, Malta

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Malta

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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Western Arabic Dialects

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Roman Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5130
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

116
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Ħello

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Grazzi

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kif int?

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Il-Lejla it-tajba

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
L-għodwa t-tajba

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Jekk jogħġbok

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Skużani!

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Ċaw

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Inħobbok ħafna

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Skużi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Qormi

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Malta

How Many People Speak

330,000.00520,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Żejtun

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Malta

How Many People Speak

71,000.00500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Not Present

Where They Speak

India
-

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.00500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

252
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million0.52 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million0.52 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million0.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Malti

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Malti

French Name

bengali
maltais

German Name

Bengali
Maltesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[mɔːltiːz]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Maltese

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
c. 1470

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Indic
North Abric

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms

Standard Forms

Bengali
Maltese

Language Position

425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Maltese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
mt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
mlt

ISO 639 2/B

ben
mlt

ISO 639 3

ben
mlt

ISO 639 6

ben
mlt

Glottocode

beng1280
malt1254

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
12-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Bengali and Maltese Alphabets

Bengali and Maltese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Maltese. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Bengali and Maltese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Maltese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bengali and Maltese Speaking population

Bengali and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 %. 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 Maltese on Bengali vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Maltese Language Codes

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