Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
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
-
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3451
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
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
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Maaloo
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Nagayattii!
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Borana
Chakma
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Hajong
Where They Speak
Kenya
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
66,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
13,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1725
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
galla
bengali
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
16
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Bengali
Language Position
914
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
ben
ISO 639 2/B
orm
ben
ISO 639 3
orm
ben
ISO 639 6
orm
ben
Glottocode
nucl1736
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-