Bangla

Bangladesh's official language

Bangla is the Bengali language, spoken primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

Native speakers typically prefer Bangla over the English term Bengali: She speaks fluent Bangla.

The word also functions as an adjective describing the language, its speakers, or their culture.

culture

Kolkata

Eastern Indian metropolis

  • DhakaBangladesh's capital city
  • BangladeshSouth Asian republic
  • TagoreBengali poet-philosopher, 1913 laureate

Rabindra Sangeet · Sundarbans · Ganges Delta · terracotta

language

script

Written words for performance

phonology · dialects · vocabulary · linguistics · literature · poetry · proverbs · idioms · translation · Tagore

Opposites
linguistic contrast within south asia

BanglaHindi

India's official language

Urdu · Punjabi · Tamil · Marathi · Gujarati

Family

Bangladeshi, Bangladeshis

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G