Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Pakistan
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
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5144
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1117
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4027
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Hach ch'i
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
مهربانی کر
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
330,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Poguli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
71,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Rambani
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
254
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
bengali
kashmiri
German Name
Bengali
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1000–1200 CE
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
kas
ISO 639 2/B
ben
kas
ISO 639 3
ben
kas
ISO 639 6
ben
kas
Glottocode
beng1280
kash1277
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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