Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Germany
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
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
Council for German Orthography
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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
hallo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Danke
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
bitte
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Deutsch
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
allemand
  
bengali
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available