Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India
Speaking Continents
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
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
51
Rank: 30 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
330,000.00
Rank: 70 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
71,000.00
Rank: 82 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Where They Speak
India
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
Rank: 31 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
bengali
German Name
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Bengali
Language Position
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
ISO 639 2/B
ben
ISO 639 3
ben
ISO 639 6
ben
Glottocode
beng1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
-