1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
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
1.7 Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
1.9 Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.4 Phonology
2.4.1 How Many Vowels
3.3.1 How Many Consonants
4.2 Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
4.3 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
4.4 Hard to Learn
4.4.1 Language Levels
4.5.1 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 Hello
5.2 Thank You
e dupe
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
5.3 How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
5.4 Good Night
Kasun layọ o
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
5.5 Good Evening
ka a ale
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
5.6 Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
5.7 Good Morning
e kaaro
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
5.8 Please
Jowo
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
5.9 Sorry
5.10 Bye
5.11 I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
5.12 Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
6.1.1 Where They Speak
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, India
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
500,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Bangladesh, India
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
800,000.0071,000.00
700
80000000
4.4 Dialect 3
4.4.1 Where They Speak
4.4.2 How Many People Speak
10,000.00NA
1400
96000000
5.6 Total No. Of Dialects
7 How Many People Speak
7.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
8.6 Speaking Population
10.2 Native Speakers
28.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
10.3.3 Second Language Speakers
2.8.1 Native Name
2.8.2 Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
2.8.3 French Name
2.8.4 German Name
2.9 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
2.10 Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Indo-Iranian
3.2.2 Branch
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
3.3.2 Standard Forms
3.3.3 Language Position
4.2.1 Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Not Available
4.3 Scope
5 Code
5.1 ISO 639 1
5.2 ISO 639 2
5.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
5.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
5.3 ISO 639 3
5.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Glottocode
5.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
5.7 Types of Language
5.7.1 Language Type
5.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
5.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available