1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Benin, Nigeria
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Nigeria
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Yoruba Academy
1.8 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Owo and Itsekiri languages
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
e dupe
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Bawo ni o se wa
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Kasun layọ o
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ka a ale
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
e kaasan
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
e kaaro
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Jowo
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
mo nifẹ rẹ
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
mo tọrọ gafara
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nigeria
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Benin, Togo
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.00800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA10,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million28.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Yariba, Yooba
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Yoruba people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Western Sudanic
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating