Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
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
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
سلام
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
متشکرم
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
صبح به خیر
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
لطفا
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
متاسف
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
خدا حافظ
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Chakma
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Hajong
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
India
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
bengali
persan
German Name
Bengali
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Persian people
Origin
1000–1200 CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Bengali
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
beng1280
fars1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bengali and Persian Speaking population
Bengali and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Bengali vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bengali and Persian Language Codes
Bengali and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bengali and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.