Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
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
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-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)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
0.95 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
bengali
  
estonien
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Indic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative