Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Ethiopia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4031
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Selam
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
i'bakwon
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
aznallehu
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
tschao
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Chakma
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Gondar
How Many People Speak
330,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
71,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Showa
Where They Speak
India
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
bengali
amharique
German Name
Bengali
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Amharas
Origin
1000–1200 CE
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Branch
Indic
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Bengali
Amharic
Language Position
455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
amh
ISO 639 2/B
ben
amh
ISO 639 3
ben
amh
ISO 639 6
ben
amh
Glottocode
beng1280
amha1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional