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Eastern Bengali, [1] Baṅgālī (Bengali: বঙ্গালী, romanized: bôṅgalī) [2] or Vaṅga (Bengali: বঙ্গ, romanized: bôṅgô) [3] is a nonstandard dialect cluster of Bengali spoken in most of Bangladesh and Tripura, thus covering majority of the land of Bengal and surrounding areas.
Bangladesh is predominantly rich fertile flat land. Most of it is less than 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and it is estimated that about 10% of its land would be flooded if the sea level were to rise by 1 m (3.3 ft). [61] 12% of the country is covered by hill systems. The country's haor wetlands are of significance to global environmental science.
The total Hindu population in Bangladesh exceeds the population of many Muslim majority countries like Yemen, Jordan, Tajikistan, Syria, Tunisia, Oman, and others. [165] Also the total Hindu population in Bangladesh is roughly equal to the total population of Greece and Belgium. [166] Bengali Hindus also worship regional deities. [63] [64] [65]
Ganges River Delta, Bangladesh and India Population density and height above sea level in Bangladesh (2010). Bangladesh is especially vulnerable to sea level rise. The rivers of Bangladesh mark both the physiography of the nation and the life of the people. About 700 in number, these rivers generally flow south.
Most parts of Bangladesh are within 10 metres (33 feet) above the sea level, and it is believed that about 10% of the land would be flooded if the sea level were to rise by 1 metre (3.3 feet). [78] Because of this low elevation, much of this region is exceptionally vulnerable to seasonal flooding due to monsoons.
With over 237 million native speakers and another 41 million as second language speakers as of 2024, [1] Bengali is the fifth most spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by the total number of speakers in the world. [7] [8] It is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. [9]
While the more widely spoken and better-known Austroasiatic languages are spoken in Southeast Asia (e.g. Khmer and Vietnamese), smaller languages of that family are spoken by indigenous communities of northern and eastern Bangladesh. There are two branches of Austro-Asiatic represented in Bangladesh. Khasi: Spoken in Sylhet division. Also a ...
Location of Bangladesh An enlargeable map of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Bangladesh: Bangladesh – sovereign country located in South Asia. [1] It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal ...