Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Vietnam
Second Language
India
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
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
Czech Republic
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5137
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1112
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4021
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
23
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Xin chào
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Cam on
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Xin lỗi
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Chakma
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
330,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hajong
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
71,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
India
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
230,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
255
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
3.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
196.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
bengali
vietnamien
German Name
Bengali
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
c. 1440
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
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Bengali
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ben
vie
ISO 639 2/B
ben
vie
ISO 639 3
ben
vie
ISO 639 6
ben
vie
Glottocode
beng1280
viet1252
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating