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Bengali  

Definition

  • Bengali is the language native to the region of Bengal, which comprises present-day Bangladesh and some east-north Indian states. It is written using the Bengali script. Bengali presents a strong case of diglossia, with the literary and standard form differing greatly from the colloquial speech of the regions.On 21 February 1952 several students and political activists were killed during protests. The day was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by Unesco in 1999 making the Bengali language the only language in the world to be also known for its language movements and people sacrificing their life for their mother language, Bengali.

Entry terms

  • Bangla

Identifier

  • BEN

Notation

  • ben
  • BENGALI
  • BN
  • bn

In other languages

  • বাংলা

    Bangla

  • bangla
  • бенгали

    Bulgarian

  • bengalski

    Croatian

  • bengálština

    Czech

  • bengali

    Danish

  • Bengaals

    Dutch

  • bengali keel

    Estonian

  • bengali

    Finnish

  • bengalî

    French

  • bangla
  • Bengalisch

    German

  • βενγκαλικά

    Greek

  • bengáli

    Hungarian

  • bengalska

    Icelandic

  • Bengali

    Irish

  • bengalese

    Italian

  • bengāļu valoda

    Latvian

  • bengalų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • бенгалски

    Macedonian

  • Bengaliża

    Maltese

  • bengali

    Norwegian

  • bengalski

    Polish

  • bengali

    Portuguese

  • bengaleză

    Romanian

  • бенгальский

    Russian

  • бенгалски

    Serbian

  • bengalski

    Serbo-Croatian

  • bengálčina

    Slovak

  • bengalščina

    Slovenian

  • bengalí

    Spanish

  • bengali

    Swedish

  • bengali

    Turkish

  • бенгальська мова

    Ukrainian

  • bengalšćina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BEN

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