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
Bangladesh, 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
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5152
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4041
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali
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)
nomoskaar
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
subhoraattri
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
subha abeli
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
suprobhaat
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
anugroha kori
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
biḍai
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
330,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
71,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
India
Assam
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million15.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
bengali
assamais
German Name
Bengali
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Assamese people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
7th century A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Bengali
Assamese
Language Position
465
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Assamese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
as
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
asm
ISO 639 2/B
ben
asm
ISO 639 3
ben
asm
ISO 639 6
ben
asm
Glottocode
beng1280
assa1263
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
59-AAF-w
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-