Countries
Japan
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Japan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
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
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
日本語
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
japonais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
1185
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available