Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
India
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
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
Not Available
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Thank you
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
How are you?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
I Love You
I love you
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
American English
Chakma
Where They Speak
United States of America
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Hajong
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Rarhi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
anglais
bengali
German Name
Englisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
5th Century AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard English
Bengali
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
beng1280
Linguasphere
52-ABA
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Not Available
English and Bengali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where English and Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Bengali language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common English Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Bengali Difficulty
The English vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Bengali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare English and Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.