Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
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
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
God morgen
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Please
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Sweden
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
bengali
  
danois
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional