Countries
Myanmar
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
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
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
birman
  
bengali
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available