Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
India
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5147
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4022
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
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)
pranam
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Suprabhaat
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
kripaya
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
maf karai
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Alavidā
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Chakma
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
330,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
North India
How Many People Speak
71,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Khortha
Where They Speak
India
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2515
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
bengali
maithili
German Name
Bengali
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Maithil
Origin
1000–1200 CE
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Maithili
Language Position
440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mai
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mai
ISO 639 3
ben
mai
ISO 639 6
ben
mai
Glottocode
beng1280
mait1250
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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