1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Xhosa Language
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)
Ngiyabonga
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
unjani
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
okuhle ebusuku
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
okuhle kusihlwa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
okuhle ntambama
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
okuhle ekuseni
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ngiyacela
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ngiyaxolisa
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Gabon, South Africa
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hajong
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, South Africa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Isizulu, Zunda
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Zulu people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
urban Zulu
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
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
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