Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Chakma
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
bengali
malayalam
German Name
Bengali
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Malayali
Origin
1000–1200 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early form
Standard Forms
Bengali
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
mala1464
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bengali and Malayalam Speaking population
Bengali and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bengali and Malayalam on Bengali vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Malayalam Language Codes
Bengali and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.