Countries
Japan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Japan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
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
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9951
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1440
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Chakma
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Hajong
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Rarhi
Where They Speak
kansai
India
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3125
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
japonais
bengali
German Name
Japanisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1185
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Japanese
Bengali
Language Position
84
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
ben
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
ben
ISO 639 3
jpn
ben
ISO 639 6
jpn
ben
Glottocode
nucl1643
beng1280
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
-