Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
India
Goa
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
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5149
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1114
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4035
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Badaga
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
330,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Urali
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
kerala
How Many People Speak
71,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
India
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
bengali
kannada
German Name
Bengali
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Kannadiga
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Bengali
Modern Kannada
Language Position
431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
kan
ISO 639 2/B
ben
kan
ISO 639 3
ben
kan
ISO 639 6
ben
kan
Glottocode
beng1280
nucl1305
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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