Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
47
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Turkish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5132
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4023
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Salam
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
necəsən
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
lütfən
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
üzr
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
xudafiz
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Chakma
Derbent
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Russia
How Many People Speak
330,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
71,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Baku
Where They Speak
India
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2533
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million26.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
bengali
azéri
German Name
Bengali
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Azerbaijani
Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Indic
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Azerbaijani
Language Position
438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
aze
ISO 639 2/B
ben
aze
ISO 639 3
ben
aze
ISO 639 6
ben
aze
Glottocode
beng1280
azer1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative