1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Bengali and Assamese
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
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
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)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Not Available
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA520,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
215.00 million33.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Odias
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
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
59-AAF-u
No data available
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