Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
bengali
  
santal
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available