Countries
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Indonesia
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
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
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Tamil Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2651
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2440
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hai
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
terima kasih
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
sila
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
maaf
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Chakma
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Hajong
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
30,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
malais
bengali
German Name
Malaiisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
History
Origin
c. 683 AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Bengali
Language Position
544
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ms
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
ben
ISO 639 2/B
may
ben
ISO 639 3
zsm
ben
ISO 639 6
may
ben
Glottocode
stan1306
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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