Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
South America
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Rimaykullayki
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Solpayki
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Allillanchu
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Allin tuta
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Wuynas nuchis
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Wuynas tardis
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Wuynus diyas
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Pampachaykuway
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
bye
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Kuyayki
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Pampachaway
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Ancash
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Peru
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Huánuco
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Peru
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Yaru
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Peru
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
8.90 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
8.90 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Qhichwa
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
North La Paz Quechua
  
French Name
bengali
  
quechua
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Quechua-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Quechua
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Quechumaran Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Andean Equatorial
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Quechua
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
qu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
que
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
que
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
que
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
quec1387
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic