Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
India
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5142
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4031
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India
How Many People Speak
330,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
71,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Kosli
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
258
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
bengali
oriya
German Name
Bengali
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Odias
Origin
1000–1200 CE
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Odia
Language Position
432
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
ori
ISO 639 2/B
ben
ori
ISO 639 3
ben
ori
ISO 639 6
ben
ori
Glottocode
beng1280
macr1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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