Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
France
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
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
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Merci
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
désolé
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
au revoir
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
français
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
français
  
bengali
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available