Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Nepal
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Nepal
Second Language
India
Republic of Brazil
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
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Hindi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nepal
Dialect 2
Hajong
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
bengali
népalais
German Name
Bengali
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
1000–1200 CE
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Bengali
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Bengali and Nepali Speaking population
Bengali and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Bengali vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Nepali Language Codes
Bengali and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.