Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
azafady
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
bengali
  
malgache
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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