Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Thai Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4027
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
330,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
71,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
bengali
lao
German Name
Bengali
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Lao people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Lao
Language Position
443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
lao
ISO 639 2/B
ben
lao
ISO 639 3
ben
lao
ISO 639 6
ben
lao
Glottocode
beng1280
laoo1244
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating