Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5125
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
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
22
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Halo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Hvala
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kako se imate?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Lahko noč
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Dober dan
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Dobro jutro
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Prosim
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Oprostite
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Nasvidenje
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Chakma
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
330,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Resian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Italy
How Many People Speak
71,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Styrian
Where They Speak
India
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2548
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
bengali
slovène
German Name
Bengali
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Slovenes
Origin
1000–1200 CE
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Slovene
Language Position
428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
slv
ISO 639 2/B
ben
slv
ISO 639 3
ben
slv
ISO 639 6
ben
slv
Glottocode
beng1280
slov1268
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional