Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
India
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
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
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
bitte
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
bengali
  
allemand
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Germans
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic