Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4036
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Kokan
How Many People Speak
330,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
71,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
India
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2542
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
bengali
marathe
German Name
Bengali
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Marathi people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bengali
Marathi
Language Position
417
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mar
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mar
ISO 639 3
ben
mar
ISO 639 6
ben
mar
Glottocode
beng1280
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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