Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Ethiopia
Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Somali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5134
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4024
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
akkam
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Maaloo
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
naa dhiisi
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Borana
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
330,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Orma
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
71,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Wata
Where They Speak
India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
2517
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
215.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
bengali
galla
German Name
Bengali
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Oromos
Origin
1000–1200 CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
491
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
bn
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
orm
ISO 639 2/B
ben
orm
ISO 639 3
ben
orm
ISO 639 6
ben
orm
Glottocode
beng1280
nucl1736
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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