1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 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
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Munda Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Adi Johar
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Cet’leka menama?
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Boge Ninda
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Boge Ayup’
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Boge Setak’
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Not Available
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Not Available
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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