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Countries

Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Sri Lanka

Second Language

India
Sri Lanka

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

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.
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

Similar To

Assamese and Oriya
Maldivian Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5154
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1118
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4036
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Sinhala alphabet

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

22
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)
හලෝ (halō)

Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)

How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)

Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)

Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)

Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)

Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)

Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)

Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)

Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
බායි (bāyi)

I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)

Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Chakma
Vedda

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India
Sri Lanka

How Many People Speak

330,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hajong
Sri Lankan Sinhala

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
-

How Many People Speak

71,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rarhi
Up-Country Sinhalese

Where They Speak

India
-

How Many People Speak

230,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

251
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

215.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.11 %0.25 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

196.00 million16.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

19.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)

Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

French Name

bengali
singhalais

German Name

Bengali
Singhalesisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]

Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sinhalese people

History

Origin

1000–1200 CE
3

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali
Sinhalese Prakrit

Standard Forms

Bengali
Modern Sinhalese

Language Position

470
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Bengali
Signed Sinhalese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bn
si

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ben
sin

ISO 639 2/B

ben
sin

ISO 639 3

ben
sin

ISO 639 6

ben
sin

Glottocode

beng1280
sinh1246

Linguasphere

59-AAF-u
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Bengali and Sinhalese Alphabets

Bengali and Sinhalese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bengali and Sinhalese. In Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters while in Sinhalese Alphabets there are 54 letters. To learn Bengali and Sinhalese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bengali and Sinhalese languages. The Bengali phonology consist Bengali vowels and Bengali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bengali greetings vs Sinhalese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bengali and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bengali and Sinhalese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Sri Lankan Sinhala. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bengali and Sinhalese Speaking population

Bengali and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese on Bengali vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Sinhalese Language Codes

Bengali and Sinhalese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Sinhalese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.