Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
India
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5124
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
117
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4017
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Greece
How Many People Speak
330,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Griko
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Italy
How Many People Speak
71,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
India
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
bengali
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bengali
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Greek
Language Position
474
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
ell
ISO 639 2/B
ben
gre
ISO 639 3
ben
ell
ISO 639 6
ben
ells
Glottocode
beng1280
gree1276
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic