1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
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
Not Available
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bhojpuri 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
Devanagari
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)
dhanyabad
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Śubharātri
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
shubh sandhya
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Suprabhaat
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
kripaya
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
maf karai
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
kripaya
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
North India
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 million32.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million27.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Maithil
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
14th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Bengali
Standard Maithili
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
59-AAF-u
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available