Countries
India, Nepal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
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
Language Academy of Nepal
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4851
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3640
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
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
कृपया
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Chakma
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
790,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hajong
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1225
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
népalais
bengali
German Name
Nepali
Bengali
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
19 BC
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Nepali
Bengali
Language Position
594
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
ben
ISO 639 2/B
nep
ben
ISO 639 3
npi
ben
ISO 639 6
nep
ben
Glottocode
nepa1254
beng1280
Linguasphere
12
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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