Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
India
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
bengali
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available