Bengali Language

	nativename	বাংলা ''''
	states	Bangladesh , India and several others
	region	Eastern South Asia
	speakers	270 million
	rank	4 (native speakers)
	familycolor	Indo-European
	fam2	Indo-Iranian
	fam3	Indic (Indo-Aryan)
	fam4	Magadhan Prakrit
	fam5	Apabhramsa Avahattha
	fam6	Bengali-Assamese
	script	Bengali Script
	nation	Bangladesh , India , and Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura agency= Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)<br> Paschimbanga Bangla Academy (West Bengal)

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	Surname1	Alam
	Given1	M
	Year	2000
	Title	Bhasha Shourôbh: Bêkorôn O Rôchona (The Fragrance of Language: Grammar and Rhetoric)
	Publisher	S N Printers, Dhaka

	Surname1	Chatterji
	Given1	SK
	Year	1921
	Title	Bengali Phonetics
	Journal	Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

	Surname1	Chatterji
	Given1	SK
	Year	1926
	Title	The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language: Part II
	Publsher	Calcutta Univ Press

	Surname1	Hayes
	Given1	B
	Surname2	Lahiri
	Given2	A
	Year	1991
	Title	Bengali intonational phonology
	Journal	Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
	Publisher	Springer Science

	Surname1	Radice
	Given1	W
	Year	1994
	Title	Teach Yourself Bengali: A Complete Course for Beginners
	Publisher	Hodder Headlin, London

	Surname1	Ray
	Given1	P
	Surname2	Hai
	Given2	MA
	Surname3	Ray
	Given3	L
	Year	1966
	Title	Bengali language handbook
	Publisher	Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington

	Surname1	Sen
	Given1	D
	Year	1996
	Title	Bengali Language and Literature
	Publisher	International Centre for Bengal Studies, Calcutta

	Surname1	Bhattacharya
	Given1	T
	Year	2000
	Chapter	Bangla (Bengali)
	Title	Encyclopedia of World's Languages: Past and Present
	Publisher	WW Wilson, New York
	Editor	Gary, J and Rubino C
	URL	http://wwwhomepagesuclacuk/~uclyara/bong_uspdf

	Surname1	Baxter
	Given1	C
	Year	1997
	Title	Bangladesh, From a Nation to a State
	Publisher	Westview Press
	ISBN	0813336325

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