Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5164
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4042
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Meharbani
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Subho Bakhair
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Mehrbani
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Chakma
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
330,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hajong
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
71,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Lari
Where They Speak
India
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
256
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Sindhi
French Name
bengali
sindhi
German Name
Bengali
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sindhi people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Bengali
Sindhi
Language Position
450
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
snd
ISO 639 2/B
ben
snd
ISO 639 3
ben
snd
ISO 639 6
ben
snd
Glottocode
beng1280
sind1272
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-