Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India
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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
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5123
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4014
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
Kumno
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Khublei
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
thia sukh
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
khublei
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sngewbha
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Map
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
khublei
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
map a nga
Dialect 1
Chakma
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
-
How Many People Speak
330,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
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How Many People Speak
71,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million0.84 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million0.84 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
bengali
khasi
German Name
Bengali
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Khasi people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1200 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Khasi
Language Position
440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
kha
ISO 639 2/B
ben
kha
ISO 639 3
ben
kha
ISO 639 6
ben
kha
Glottocode
beng1280
khas1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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