Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Jammu and Kashmir, India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
su prabat
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
4.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
bengali
  
dogri
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Dogras
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1971
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available