Countries
Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Commission on the Filipino 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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4020
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Kablaaw
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
mangngegda
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Agpakawanak
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Pakada
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialects
Dialect 1
Chakma
Balangao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
330,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
71,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not present
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
252
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ilokano
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
bengali
ilocano
German Name
Bengali
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Ilocano people
History
Origin
1000–1200 CE
18th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
494
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
ben
ilo
ISO 639 3
ben
ilo
ISO 639 6
ben
ilo
Glottocode
beng1280
ilok1237
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-