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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, People, Culture, & History | Britannica

    Jan 24, 2026 · 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. …

  3. 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 …

  4. Bengali language - New World Encyclopedia

    Bengali exhibits diglossia between the written and spoken forms of the language; two styles of writing, involving somewhat different vocabularies and syntax, have emerged. The Bengali writing system is …

  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. Learn Bengali Online (বাংলা)

    Bengali wordlists, Bengali grammar notes and links to other online Bengali language learning activities.

  7. The Beginner's Guide to the Bengali Language [With Basic Words and ...

    Jun 17, 2022 · The Bengali Language is one of the most spoken languages in the world. Curious about it? Here are basic words, phrases, and tips to learn it!

  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 | Penn Language Center - University of Pennsylvania

    Bengali is more than a language, as it opens the door to a whole vista of rich cultural materials, both traditional and contemporary. Those who learn Bengali soon find themselves enamored by the works …

  10. 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 …