Countries
West Java
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3351
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1640
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
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
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Nuhun
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Mangga
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Hapunten
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Punten
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Chakma
Where They Speak
Banten
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Hajong
Where They Speak
Bogor
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Bandung
India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
soundanais
bengali
German Name
Sundanesisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
5th century AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Bengali
Language Position
424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
ben
ISO 639 2/B
sun
ben
ISO 639 3
sun
ben
ISO 639 6
sun
ben
Glottocode
sund1251
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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