Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Rajastan, India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Nepal, Pakistan
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5142
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4032
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
khammaghani
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
shubh raatri
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Shubh Havar
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
kirpa
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Maaf Karo
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Chakma
Jogi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India
How Many People Speak
330,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Bagri
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
71,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.21 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million14.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Marwari
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
bengali
marvari
German Name
Bengali
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
1000–1200 CE
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Marwari
Language Position
472
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mwr
ISO 639 3
ben
mwr
ISO 639 6
ben
mwr
Glottocode
beng1280
raja1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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