Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5148
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4036
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Ke aal aee
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dhanwaad
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
shub ratri
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
su prabat
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
kripya
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
changa ji pher
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Chakma
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
330,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Kullu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
71,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Hinduri
Where They Speak
India
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million4.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
bengali
dogri
German Name
Bengali
Dogri
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Dogras
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1971
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Dogri
Language Position
432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Dogri
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
doi
ISO 639 2/B
ben
doi
ISO 639 3
ben
doi
ISO 639 6
ben
doi
Glottocode
beng1280
indo1311
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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