Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
India
  
Roman Empire
  
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
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
bengali
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic