Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Laos
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
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
  
French Name
bengali
  
lao
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
laoo1244
  
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
  
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