Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
Second Language
India
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
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
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5125
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4018
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Kamusta
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Salamat po
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Magandang umaga po
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
pakiusap
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Paálam
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Chakma
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
330,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
71,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Filipino
Where They Speak
India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.42 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
bengali
tagalog
German Name
Bengali
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Tagalog people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1593
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Bengali
Filipino
Language Position
458
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
ben
tgl
ISO 639 3
ben
tg1
ISO 639 6
ben
tgl
Glottocode
beng1280
taga1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-