1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
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
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Rarhi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.11 %
Rank: 8 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
bn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ben
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ben
7.3 ISO 639 3
ben
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
beng1280
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available