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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  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 …

  4. 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!

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …