Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4041
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
330,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Mappila
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
71,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million38.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
bengali
malayalam
German Name
Bengali
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Malayali
Origin
1000–1200 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early form
Standard Forms
Bengali
Malayalam
Language Position
429
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mal
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mal
ISO 639 3
ben
mal
ISO 639 6
ben
mal
Glottocode
beng1280
mala1464
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic