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Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, [10] [11] [12] with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It is the second-most widely spoken language in India .
Bangali: General Eastern Bengali dialect spoken (beside Standard Bengali) in most of the parts of Bangladesh (Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Greater Comilla and Barisal regions). Chittagonian: spoken by the people of Chittagong in the southeastern districts of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and also by Bengalis in Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Today, Standard Bengali is still spoken in areas beside Bengal proper, including the Barak Valley, Tripura and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Bengal was a regional power of the Indian subcontinent. The administrative jurisdiction of Bengal historically extended beyond the territory of Bengal proper.
Manbhumi Bengali (Bengali: মানভূমী বাংলা, romanized: Mānbhūmī Bāṅlā, pronounced [manbhumi baŋla]) or Western Bengali is the local Bengali dialect spoken in the district of Purulia and adjacent area of other districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, previously Manbhum district in Bengal Presidency.
Bengali is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language that originated from the Middle Indo-Aryan language by the natives of present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh in the 4th to 7th century. [ 1 ] After the conquest of Nadia in 1204 AD, Islamic rule began in Bengal, which influenced the Bengali language.
The official and predominant language of Bangladesh is Bengali, which is spoken by more than 99% of the population as their native language. [219] [220] Bengali is described as a dialect continuum where there are various dialects spoken throughout the country.
Spoken Bengali exhibits far more variation than written Bengali. Formal spoken Bengali, including what is heard in news reports, speeches, announcements, and lectures, is modelled on Choltibhasha. This form of spoken Bengali stands alongside other spoken dialects, or Ancholik Bangla (আঞ্চলিক বাংলা) (i.e. 'regional Bengali').
Various forms of the language are in use today and provide an important force for Bengali cohesion. These distinct forms can be sorted into three categories. The first is Classical Bengali ( সাধু ভাষা Śadhu Bhaśa ), which was a historical form restricted to literary usage up until the late British period.