
Bengali language - Wikipedia
Bengali, [a] also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা, Bāṅlā [baŋˈla] ⓘ), is a classical Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It …
Bengali | Language, People, Culture, & History | Britannica
Oct 1, 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 …
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 …
The Beginner's Guide to the Bengali Language [With Basic Words …
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!
বাংলা ভাষা - Bengali language - Wikibooks, open books …
Aug 3, 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.
Bengalis - Wikipedia
Bengali is generally written using the Bengali script and evolved circa 1000–1200 CE from Magadhi Prakrit, thus bearing similarities to ancient languages such as Pali.
Bengali language - New World Encyclopedia
Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit languages. Bengali is native to the region of eastern South …
Bengali language | History, Writing System & Dialects | Britannica
Although Bengali is an Indo-European language, it has been influenced by other language families prevalent in South Asia, notably the Dravidian, the Austroasiatic, and the Tibeto …
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 …
Who are the Bengali People? - WorldAtlas
May 21, 2019 · Bengali people, also known as Bangalees, Bangalis or Bengalis, are the world’s third-biggest ethnic community right after the Arabs and the Han Chinese. They are an ethnic …