Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
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
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
bengali
  
serbe
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available