Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5130
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4025
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Zdravo
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Hvala
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kako si?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Laku noc
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Dobro jutro
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
molim vas
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Oprostite
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Zbogom
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Volim te
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Chakma
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
330,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Croatia
How Many People Speak
71,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
India
Croatia
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
bengali
bosniaque
German Name
Bengali
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Bosniaks
Origin
1000–1200 CE
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Bosnian
Language Position
424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
bos
ISO 639 2/B
ben
bos
ISO 639 3
ben
bos
ISO 639 6
ben
boss
Glottocode
beng1280
bosn1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-