Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
India, Pakistan
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
5.42 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
bengali
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available