Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Japan
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
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
Palau
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5199
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4014
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
330,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Hakata
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
71,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kansai
Where They Speak
India
kansai
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2531
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
日本語
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Nihongo
French Name
bengali
japonais
German Name
Bengali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Bengali
Japanese
Language Position
48
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
ben
jpn
ISO 639 3
ben
jpn
ISO 639 6
ben
jpn
Glottocode
beng1280
nucl1643
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic