Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Kannada Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5151
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4035
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Namaskara
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
yedde rathre
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
yedde kaande
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Daya maltadu
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Barpe
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
330,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Jain
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
71,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Girijan
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Tulu
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
bengali
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German Name
Bengali
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Tuluva
Origin
1000–1200 CE
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Tulu
Language Position
423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
ben
tul
ISO 639 3
ben
tcy
ISO 639 6
ben
tcy
Glottocode
beng1280
tulu1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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