Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Meghalaya
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India
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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
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Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Kumno
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Khublei
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
thia sukh
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
khublei
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sngewbha
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Map
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
khublei
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
map a nga
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
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How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
India
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Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
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Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
bengali
khasi
German Name
Bengali
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Khasi people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Khasi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bn
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
beng1280
khas1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Bengali and Khasi Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bengali and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bengali and Khasi Speaking population
Bengali and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Khasi on Bengali vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Khasi Language Codes
Bengali and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.