1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
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
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
asseblief
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA330,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Hajong
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million196.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.30 million19.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th Century
1000–1200 CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Bengali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology