Countries
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
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
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4340
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Unjani
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Molo
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Ndicela
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Chakma
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Hajong
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hlubi
Rarhi
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
How Many People Speak
19.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
925
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %3.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiXhosa
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
xhosa
bengali
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
16th Century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Bengali
Language Position
214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
ben
ISO 639 2/B
xho
ben
ISO 639 3
xho
ben
ISO 639 6
xho
ben
Glottocode
xhos1239
beng1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
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