Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5144
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4033
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
330,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Marwari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
71,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
India
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2521
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
bengali
hindi
German Name
Bengali
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hindustani people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Hindi
Language Position
45
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
hin
ISO 639 2/B
ben
hin
ISO 639 3
ben
hin
ISO 639 6
ben
hins
Glottocode
beng1280
hind1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic