Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
bengali
  
thaï
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating