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Before the commencement of the Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987, English had a considerable presence in official affairs, but since 1987 the usage of English has waned significantly in government. Due to the British colonization of the country, English is still a widely spoken and commonly understood language in Bangladesh. [7]
Standard Bengali based on the Rarhi dialect is the national language of Bangladesh. The majority of Bangladeshis speak an eastern variant of Bengali. [20] Other native languages of Bangladesh include Sylheti, Rangpuri, Noakhali and Chittagonian, while some ethnic minority groups also speak Tibeto-Burman, Dravidian and Austro-Asiatic languages. [20]
Similarly, Rajbanshi language (Nepal) and Hajong are considered separate languages, although they are very similar to North Bengali dialects. There are many more minor dialects as well, including those spoken in the bordering districts of Purnea and Singhbhum and among the tribals of eastern Bangladesh like the Hajong and the Chakma.
Other dialects, with minor variations from Standard Colloquial, are used in other parts of West Bengal and western Bangladesh, such as the Midnapore dialect, characterised by some unique words and constructions. However, a majority in Bangladesh speaks dialects notably different from SCB.
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.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Bangladesh: 41 4 45 0.63 165,220,330 3,842,333
References: The information from this pair of Ethnologue maps was simplified slightly and used to record the actual distribution of languages upon a blank map of Bangladesh. [Note on 10 Feb 2010: I just went back to the source maps at Ethnologue, and found that the source had been changed.
The official and predominant language of Bangladesh is Bengali, which is spoken by more than 99% of the population as their native language. [ 232 ] [ 233 ] Bengali is described as a dialect continuum where there are various dialects spoken throughout the country.