Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
New Zealand
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
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
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5120
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4010
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
22
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Hello
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Night pai
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Morning pai
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Tēnā
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Aroha mai
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
poroporoaki
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Chakma
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
330,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
71,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
253
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
New Zealand Maori
French Name
bengali
maori
German Name
Bengali
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Māori people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Polynesian
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Maori
Language Position
426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
mri
ISO 639 2/B
ben
mao
ISO 639 3
ben
mri
ISO 639 6
ben
mri
Glottocode
beng1280
maor1246
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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