Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Norway
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
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
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5129
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4020
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
hallo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
takk
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
god natt
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
god morgen
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Vær så snill
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
unnskyld
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ha det
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Chakma
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
330,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Sogn
How Many People Speak
71,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
India
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2519
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million5.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Norsk
French Name
bengali
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Bengali
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Norwegians
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Bengali
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
418
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
nor
ISO 639 2/B
ben
nor
ISO 639 3
ben
nor
ISO 639 6
ben
nor
Glottocode
beng1280
norw1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional