Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Upper Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Central Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bengali
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
sind1272
  
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