Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Lao Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1132
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4044
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Isan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Isan
How Many People Speak
330,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
71,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
India
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
259
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
bengali
thaï
German Name
Bengali
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Bengali
Thai
Language Position
447
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
tha
ISO 639 2/B
ben
tha
ISO 639 3
ben
tha
ISO 639 6
ben
tha
Glottocode
beng1280
thai1261
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating