Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
India
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
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
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
bengali
  
hindi
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic