Countries
Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
44
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5124
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4021
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Habari
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Asante
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
tafadhali
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pole
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
bye
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Samahani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
71,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kimgao
Where They Speak
India
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2512
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million150.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %NA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million15.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
-9999
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bengali
swahili
German Name
Bengali
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Swahili people or Waswahili
History
Origin
1000–1200 CE
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Swahili
Language Position
4NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
bn
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
swa
ISO 639 2/B
ben
swa
ISO 639 3
ben
swa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
swah1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available