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
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
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
1.9 Similar To
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)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
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
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Agglutinative