Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
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 in
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Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Sri Lanka
Dialect 2
Hajong
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Up-Country Sinhalese
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Sinhalese
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
beng1280
sinh1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
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.