Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
bengali
  
assamais
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bengali and Assamese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bengali and Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Assamese language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Assamese Difficulty
The Bengali vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali Alphabets and Assamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bengali and Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.