Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4046
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Mhoro
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Masikati
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Mangwanani
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndineurombo
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Chakma
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
330,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
71,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
bengali
shona
German Name
Bengali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Shona people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Shona
Language Position
4107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
sna
ISO 639 2/B
ben
sna
ISO 639 3
ben
sna
ISO 639 6
ben
sna
Glottocode
beng1280
core1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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