Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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
  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Not Available
  
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Pekalongan
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Cirebon
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Arekan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
82.00 million
  
19
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
basa Jawa
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Djawa, Jawa
  
French Name
bengali
  
javanais
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Javanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
450 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Javanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
jv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
jav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
jav
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
jav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
java1253
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative