Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
India
  
Republic of Brazil
  
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
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chinese.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
India
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
1,051.00 million
  
2
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bengali
  
chinois
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Han
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Chinese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating