1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Pakistan
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
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Hindi 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
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
330,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
71,000.0020,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
India
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Bengali
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Punjabis
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
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
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