Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
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
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Lettish
  
French Name
bengali
  
letton
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic