Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
France
  
Second Language
India
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, 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
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
désolé
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Français
  
French Name
bengali
  
français
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic