Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4016
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Halo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Nuhun
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Mangga
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Hapunten
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Punten
Dialect 1
Chakma
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Banten
How Many People Speak
330,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bogor
How Many People Speak
71,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
India
Bandung
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
bengali
soundanais
German Name
Bengali
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1000–1200 CE
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Sundanese
Language Position
442
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
sun
ISO 639 2/B
ben
sun
ISO 639 3
ben
sun
ISO 639 6
ben
sun
Glottocode
beng1280
sund1251
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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