Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
India
Republic of Brazil
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
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1124
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4023
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
330,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Wu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
71,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Yue
Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2510
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
bengali
chinois
German Name
Bengali
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Han
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Chinese
Language Position
41
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
zho
ISO 639 2/B
ben
chi
ISO 639 3
ben
zho
ISO 639 6
ben
zho
Glottocode
beng1280
sini1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating