Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
üzr
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Russia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
26.00 million
  
39
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
bengali
  
azéri
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Azerbaijani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative