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'''Bengali''' is the most eastern [[Indo-Aryan language]] from [[South Asia]]. It developed from a language called [[Pali]].  
'''Bengali''' is the most eastern [[Indo-Aryan language]] from [[South Asia]]. It developed from a language called [[Pali]].  
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Almost all of the people in Bangladesh speak Bengali, and many famous [[book]]s and [[poem]]s are written in Bengali. [[Rabindranath Tagore]] was a famous poet who wrote in Bengali. Tagore won the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Literature]]. The national anthems of both [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] were written in this language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.bd/statements/fm39.htm|title=Statement by Hon'ble Foreign Minister on Second Bangladesh-India Track II dialogue at BRAC Centre on 07 August, 2005|accessdate=2008-05-27|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [[Government of Bangladesh]]|archive-date=2008-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418063436/http://www.mofa.gov.bd/statements/fm39.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Almost all of the people in Bangladesh speak Bengali, and many famous [[book]]s and [[poem]]s are written in Bengali. [[Rabindranath Tagore]] was a famous poet who wrote in Bengali. Tagore won the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Literature]]. The national anthems of both [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] were written in this language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.bd/statements/fm39.htm|title=Statement by Hon'ble Foreign Minister on Second Bangladesh-India Track II dialogue at BRAC Centre on 07 August, 2005|accessdate=2008-05-27|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [[Government of Bangladesh]]|archive-date=2008-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418063436/http://www.mofa.gov.bd/statements/fm39.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Bengali has developed over the course of more than 1,300 years. [[Bengali literature]], with its millennium-old literary history, has extensively developed since the [[Bengali Renaissance]] and is one of the most prolific and diverse literary traditions in Asia. The [[Bengali language movement]] from 1948 to 1956 demanding Bengali to be an official language of Pakistan fostered [[Bengali nationalism]] in [[East Bengal]]<!--Please note, the province was called "East Bengal," not "East Pakistan," at the time, during the Bengali Language Movement.--> leading to the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971. In 1999, [[UNESCO]] recognised [[Language Movement Day|21 February]] as [[International Mother Language Day]] in recognition of the language movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001177/117709E.pdf|title=Amendment to the Draft Programme and Budget for 2000–2001 (30 C/5)|year=1999|work=General Conference, 30th Session, Draft Resolution|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=27 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521161342/http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001177/117709E.pdf|archive-date=21 May 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D28672%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html|title=Resolution adopted by the 30th Session of UNESCO's General Conference (1999)|work=International Mother Language Day|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=27 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601025416/http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D28672%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html|archive-date=1 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bengali language is the quintessential element of Bengali identity and binds together a [[Culture of Bengal|culturally diverse]] region.


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Bengali
Bangla
বাংলা
Bangla Script.svg
"Bangla" in Bengali script
Pronunciation[ˈbaŋla] (About this soundlisten)
RegionBangladesh and India
EthnicityBengalis
Native speakers
250–300 million (2017)[1][2][3]
(L1 plus L2 speakers)
Early forms
Abahattha
  • Old Bengali
Dialects
Eastern Nagari script (Bengali alphabet)
Bengali Braille
Bengali signed forms[4]
Official status
Official language in
 Bangladesh
 India (in West Bengal, Tripura and Barak Valley)
Regulated byBangla Academy
Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Language codes
ISO 639-1bn
ISO 639-2ben
ISO 639-3ben
Glottologbeng1280
Linguasphere59-AAF-u
Bengalispeaking region.png
Bengali speaking region of South Asia
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Bengali is the most eastern Indo-Aryan language from South Asia. It developed from a language called Pali.

Bengali is spoken in Bangladesh and in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.

There are about 220 million native speakers and about 250 million total speakers of Bengali. It is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, ranking seventh.[5]

Almost all of the people in Bangladesh speak Bengali, and many famous books and poems are written in Bengali. Rabindranath Tagore was a famous poet who wrote in Bengali. Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The national anthems of both India and Bangladesh were written in this language.[6]

Bengali has developed over the course of more than 1,300 years. Bengali literature, with its millennium-old literary history, has extensively developed since the Bengali Renaissance and is one of the most prolific and diverse literary traditions in Asia. The Bengali language movement from 1948 to 1956 demanding Bengali to be an official language of Pakistan fostered Bengali nationalism in East Bengal leading to the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971. In 1999, UNESCO recognised 21 February as International Mother Language Day in recognition of the language movement.[7][8] The Bengali language is the quintessential element of Bengali identity and binds together a culturally diverse region.

References

  1. ↑ "Article 3. The state language". The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 February 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ "Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength - 2011" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 29 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Bengali at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
  4. ↑ "Bangla Sign Language Dictionary". www.scribd.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Summaries". Ethnologue. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Statement by Hon'ble Foreign Minister on Second Bangladesh-India Track II dialogue at BRAC Centre on 07 August, 2005". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  7. ↑ "Amendment to the Draft Programme and Budget for 2000–2001 (30 C/5)" (PDF). General Conference, 30th Session, Draft Resolution. UNESCO. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  8. ↑ "Resolution adopted by the 30th Session of UNESCO's General Conference (1999)". International Mother Language Day. UNESCO. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
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