1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
Sri Lanka
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Maldivian 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
Sinhala alphabet
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)
හලෝ (halō)
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
බායි (bāyi)
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Sri Lanka
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
Not Available
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 million16.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million16.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
සිංහල (sĩhala)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Sinhalese people
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
Sinhalese Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology