Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5251
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1611
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
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Not present
Chakma
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
140,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Hajong
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
140,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Rarhi
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
140,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
025
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
14.10 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
-19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
sanskrit
bengali
German Name
Sanskrit
Bengali
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
2000 B.C.
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Bengali
Language Position
234
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sa
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
ben
ISO 639 2/B
san
ben
ISO 639 3
san
ben
ISO 639 6
san
ben
Glottocode
sans1269
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-