Countries
India, Nepal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
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
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hajong
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
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
Not Available
Not available
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
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Nepali
Bengali
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
beng1280
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali and Bengali Speaking population
Nepali and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Bengali on Nepali vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Bengali Language Codes
Nepali and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.