Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
India
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
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
  
Czech Republic
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
bengali
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating