Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Israel
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Israel
  
Second Language
India
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, 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
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Israel, Palestine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
bengali
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic