Countries
Indonesia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
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
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Not Available
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
javanais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
450 AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
java1253
  
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