Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
India
  
Nepal
  
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.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
bengali
  
maithili
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available