Countries
India
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
bengali
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available