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
Namibia, 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, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Die Taalkommissie, 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4017
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
hallo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Dankie
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
goeie nag
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
goeie more
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
asseblief
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
jammer
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Totsiens
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
-
How Many People Speak
330,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
71,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cape Dutch
French Name
bengali
afrikaans
German Name
Bengali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Afrikaners
Origin
1000–1200 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
afr
ISO 639 2/B
ben
afr
ISO 639 3
ben
afr
ISO 639 6
ben
afrs
Glottocode
beng1280
afri1274
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic