Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
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
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
bengali
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available