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Bangali dialect: Bangali dialect is the most widely spoken dialect of Bengali language. It is spoken across the Khulna , Barisal , Dhaka , Mymensingh , Sylhet and Comilla Divisions of Bangladesh and the State of Tripura in India .
The Bengali language movement from 1948 to 1956 demanding that Bengali be an official language of Pakistan fostered Bengali nationalism in East Bengal leading to the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971. In 1999, UNESCO recognised 21 February as International Mother Language Day in recognition of the language movement.
The people of ancient Bengal initially spoke a Prakrit language, which was known as Magadhi, or on the contrary, Gaudi. [4] Later, it evolved into Old Bengali. Most Bengali-speaking people today consider Old Bengali to be intelligible to a certain extent, although most of the words most commonly used in modern Bengali have their roots in Old ...
Central Bengali [1] or Raṛhi Bengali (রাঢ়ী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language spoken in the West-Central part of Bengal, in and around the Bhagirathi River basin of Nadia district [2] and other districts of the Presidency division in West Bengal, as well as the undivided Kushtia district region of western Bangladesh.
Bengali people may be broadly classified into sub-groups predominantly based on dialect but also other aspects of culture: Bangals: This is a term used predominantly in Indian West Bengal to refer to East Bengalis – i.e. Bangladeshis as well as those whose ancestors originate from Eastern Bengal. The East Bengali dialects are known as Bangali ...
Bishnupriya Manipuri is distinct from the Bengali languages and contains many features and elements of the Tibeto-Burman languages. Hajong: Originally a Tibeto-Burman language that has shifted over time to an Indic language. Tangchangya: spoken by the Tanchangya people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It is closely related to Chakma.
Pages in category "Bengali dialects" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bengali dialects;
North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali (বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language, [1] [2] [3] spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India).