1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Hawaii
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
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗？
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
晚安
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
早上好
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
请
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
原谅我
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA330,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, India
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?
60.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
52.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th century
1000–1200 CE
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Bengali
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
No data available
59-AAF-u
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available