1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
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
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Chonde
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Zambia
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?
215.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
bengali
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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