Countries
Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Finnish
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
119
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4018
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Tere
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
aitäh
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Head ööd
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Tere hommikust
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Palun
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Vabandust
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Head aega
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Vabandage
Dialects
Dialect 1
Chakma
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Tartu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
71,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Idamurre
Where They Speak
India
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million1.10 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million0.95 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 millionNA
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eesti keel
French Name
bengali
estonien
German Name
Bengali
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Estonians
History
Origin
1000–1200 CE
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Indic
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Estonian
Language Position
4NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
bn
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
est
ISO 639 2/B
ben
est
ISO 639 3
ben
est
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
esto1258
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative