Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Czech Republic, European Union
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Czech Republic
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
  
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Institute of the Czech 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 Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
ahoj
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
děkuji
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Jak se máš?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
dobrou noc
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
dobré odpoledne
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
dobré ráno
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
prosím
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
litovat
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
sbohem
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Miluji tě
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
promiňte
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Chod
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Chodsko, Bohemia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Lach
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Moravian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
čeština / český jazyk
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Bohemian, Cestina
  
French Name
bengali
  
tchèque
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Tschechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Czechs
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Czech
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Czech Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
cs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
ces
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
cze
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
ces
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
czec1258
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
53-AAA-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic