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Spoken in Bangladesh, West Bengal in India and significant communities in UK, USA, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Myanmar
Region Bangladesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, South Talpatti Island
Total speakers = 270 million+
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal (now divided between Bangladesh and India) in South Asia.
They speak Bengali (Bangla), which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages.
In their native language, they are referred to as (pronounced Bangali). Bengali is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi.




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    Bengali is the official language of Bangladesh and several states in India.
    With over 270 million speakers, it is commonly ranked as one of the top five languages in terms
    of the number of native speakers. Bengali is also sometimes referred to as Bangla.





    That says I love you in Bengali. Ami tomakey bhalobashey.


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