Bengali language
Bengali (ISO 639-3 code ben) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. It has about 273,000,000 speakers.
Bengali dictionary: 9,467 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Bengali dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | ben |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | beng1280 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bangladesh, India, Nepal |
| Speakers (estimate) | 273,000,000 |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
- Punjabi130,000,000 speakers
- Marathi95,000,000 speakers
- Gujarati62,000,000 speakers
- Assamese15,000,000 speakers
- Kashmiri6,800,000 speakers
- Garhwali2,920,000 speakers
- Mahasu Pahari500,000 speakers
- Sirmauri400,000 speakers
- Khowar300,000 speakers
- Chambeali129,654 speakers
More about Bengali
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.