1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
India
Lesotho, South Africa
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
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
1.9 Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Ulale kakuhle
3.5 Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Molo
3.8 Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Ndicela
3.9 Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Uxolo
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
South Africa
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
South Africa
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 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
196.00 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
19.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
1000–1200 CE
16th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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
Signed Xhosa
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-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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