1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.8 National Language
Bangladesh, India
China, Taiwan
1.10 Second Language
1.12 Speaking Continents
1.14 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
Indonesia, Malaysia
2.1 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
2.4 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
2.5 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Not Available
2.6 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
4.4 Phonology
4.4.1 How Many Vowels
4.5.3 How Many Consonants
4.9 Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
4.10 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
4.11 Hard to Learn
4.11.1 Language Levels
4.14.3 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
5.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
5.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
5.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
5.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
5.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
5.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
5.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
请 (Qǐng)
5.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
5.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
再见 (Zàijiàn)
5.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
5.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
劳驾 (Láojià)
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
6.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
10.2 Dialect 2
10.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
China, United States of America
10.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.0080,000,000.00
700
80000000
10.3 Dialect 3
10.3.1 Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
10.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA60,000,000.00
1400
96000000
10.6 Total No. Of Dialects
11 How Many People Speak
11.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million1,051.00 million
0.13
1200
11.4 Speaking Population
12.2 Native Speakers
196.00 million873.00 million
0.13
873
12.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
13.1.1 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
中文 (zhōngwén)
13.2.1 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Not Available
13.2.2 French Name
13.2.3 German Name
13.3 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
13.4 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Han
14 History
14.1 Origin
14.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
14.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
14.2.2 Branch
14.3 Language Forms
14.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
14.3.2 Standard Forms
14.3.3 Language Position
14.4.2 Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
14.5 Scope
15 Code
15.1 ISO 639 1
15.2 ISO 639 2
15.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
15.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
15.3 ISO 639 3
15.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
15.5 Glottocode
15.6 Linguasphere
15.7 Types of Language
15.7.1 Language Type
15.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
15.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating