Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
bengali
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Southern
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic