Countries
Indonesia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
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
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
indonésien
  
bengali
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available