Countries
Fiji, India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Urdu
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4451
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1111
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3340
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Chakma
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Hajong
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2125
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
hindi
bengali
German Name
Hindi
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
7th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Bengali
Language Position
54
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
ben
ISO 639 2/B
hin
ben
ISO 639 3
hin
ben
ISO 639 6
hins
ben
Glottocode
hind1269
beng1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
-