Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
5.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bengali
  
mongol
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available