Countries
Indonesia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
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
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1940
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
72
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Terima kasih
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
mohon Untuk
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
maaf
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Permisi
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Chakma
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Hajong
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
4625
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
23.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
indonésien
bengali
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Bengali
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
7th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Bengali
Language Position
564
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
ben
ISO 639 2/B
ind
ben
ISO 639 3
ind
ben
ISO 639 6
ind
ben
Glottocode
indo1316
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-