Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Malti
  
French Name
bengali
  
maltais
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic