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
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
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
  
Branch
Indic
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
bn
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic