1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Fiji, India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 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
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Central Hindi Directorate
1.8 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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
खेद (Khēda)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic