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زبان بنگالی

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زبان بنگالی

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Also known as Bengali language, Bangla language, Bengali

زبانی در منطقهٔ بنگال

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Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, making it one of the world's most widely spoken languages. It matters because it serves as the primary language for hundreds of millions of people across South Asia and carries significant cultural and historical importance in the region.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Country
India
Image
Bengali letters.svg
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language regulatory body
Bangla Akademi
Commons category
Bengali language
topic's main category
Category:Bengali language
Wikimedia language code
bn
native label
বাংলা
linguistic typology
fusional language
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
indigenous to
West Bengal
category for films in this language
Category:Bengali-language films
has grammatical case
locative case
number of speakers, writers, or signers
300000000
ethnic group
Bengalis
short name
банголӣ
female form of label
la langue bengalie
NCI Thesaurus ID
C153856
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