Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
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
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-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
Hai
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
sila
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
malais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available