1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Not Available
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
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)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology