Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
India
Lesotho, South Africa
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
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4043
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Molo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Unjani
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Molo
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndicela
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Chakma
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
330,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
71,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hlubi
Where They Speak
India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0019.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
259
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million8.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
bengali
xhosa
German Name
Bengali
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th 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
isiXhosa
Language Position
421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
xho
ISO 639 2/B
ben
xho
ISO 639 3
ben
xho
ISO 639 6
ben
xho
Glottocode
beng1280
xhos1239
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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