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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Bangladesh, India

1.4 Second Language

India

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

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

1.7 Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.

1.9 Similar To

Assamese and Oriya

1.10 Derived From

Sanskrit Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

51
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

11
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

2
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Polish
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

হ্যালো (Hyālō)

3.2 Thank You

ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

3.3 How Are You?

কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

3.4 Good Night

শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

3.5 Good Evening

শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

3.6 Good Afternoon

ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

3.7 Good Morning

সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

3.8 Please

অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

3.9 Sorry

দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

3.10 Bye

বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

3.11 I Love You

আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

3.12 Excuse Me

মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Chakma

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, India

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

330,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Hajong

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

71,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Rarhi

4.3.1 Where They Speak

India

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

25
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

215.00 million
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

3.11 %
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

196.00 million
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

19.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

5.3.4 French Name

bengali

5.3.5 German Name

Bengali

5.4 Pronunciation

Not available

5.5 Ethnicity

Bengalis (Bengali people)

6 History

6.1 Origin

1000–1200 CE

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

6.2.2 Branch

Indic

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Abahatta, Old Bengali

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Bengali

6.3.3 Language Position

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

bn

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

ben

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

ben

7.3 ISO 639 3

ben

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

beng1280

7.6 Linguasphere

59-AAF-u

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Bengali language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Bengali language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Bengali language states that it was put to use in 1000–1200 CE. The history of Bengali language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Bengali Language History.The evolution of Bengali language began with early forms such as Abahatta, Old Bengali. Bengali is the standard form of Bengali language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Bengali Language.

Bengali population

Bengali population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Bengali language. Bengali language is spoken by 215.00 million people in the world. Most of the Bengali population lies in the Bengali Speaking Countries. Bengali language is spoken as first language by 196.00 million people and as second language by about 19.00 million people. Get to know Bengali speaking population in detail.

Bengali writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Bengali writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Bengali language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives script is used by Bengali language. Learn more about . 

Information about Bengali language

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