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  1. Bengali language - Wikipedia

    Bengali is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand, and sizeable minorities of Bengali speakers reside in Indian cities outside Bengal, including Delhi, Mumbai, Thane, …

  2. Bengali language | History, Writing System & Dialects | Britannica

    Dec 30, 2025 · Bengali language, member of the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is spoken by more than 210 million people as a first or second …

  3. Bengali language - New World Encyclopedia

    The Bengali writing system is the Bengali abugida, a cursive script which is a variant of the Eastern Nagari script. The Bengali language, with its long and rich literary tradition, serves to bind together a …

  4. Bengali | South Asian Languages and Civilizations

    Bengali (aka Bangla) is spoken in Eastern India and Bangladesh by over 200 million speakers. It is linguistically related to Sanskrit and has had a rich history as a literary language since the close of …

  5. বাংলা ভাষা - Bengali language - Wikibooks, open books for an …

    Nov 9, 2025 · Bengali, or Bangla, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly in Bangladesh and in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura by approximately 250 million speakers.

  6. Bengali language explained

    Mar 16, 2025 · What is Bengali language? Explaining what we could find out about Bengali language.

  7. Bengali alphabet, pronunciation and language - Omniglot

    Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Bangladesh and northern Indian. There are about 250 million native speakers of Bengali, and another 41 million people speak it as a second …

  8. Bengali - Summary - eHRAF World Cultures

    The Bengali people speak the Bengali (BANGLA) language, live in the Bengal region of the Indian Subcontinent, located in northeastern South Asia, and most follow either the Hindu or the Muslim faith.

  9. Bengali: Language Portal: Center for Language Technology: Indiana ...

    Bengali (also called Bangla) is the language native to the region of Bengal, which includes Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, and southern Assam.

  10. Bengali | Language, People, Culture, & History | Britannica

    Dec 11, 2025 · Bengali people are the majority population of Bengal, the region of northeastern South Asia that generally corresponds to the country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. …