1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
India
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
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
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
बाय (Bāya)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Chakma
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Kokan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
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-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available