Countries
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5130
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4021
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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Greetings
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Henda ho
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Boge Setak’
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
দয়া করে
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
দুঃখিত
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Hariau
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialects
Dialect 1
Chakma
Mahali
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India
How Many People Speak
330,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
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How Many People Speak
71,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rarhi
Not present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
251
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.11 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
196.00 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
19.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
bengali
santal
German Name
Bengali
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
1000–1200 CE
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic 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
Santali
Language Position
441
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
sat
ISO 639 2/B
ben
sat
ISO 639 3
ben
sat
ISO 639 6
ben
sat
Glottocode
beng1280
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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