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Bengali, the official state language, is the dominant language in Kolkata. [134] English is also used, particularly by the white-collar workforce. Hindi and Urdu are spoken by a sizeable minority. [135] [136] Bengali Hindus form the majority of Kolkata's population; Marwaris, Biharis and Urdu-speaking Muslims compose large minorities. [137]
States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...
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. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam.
Central Bengali [1] or Raṛhi Bengali (রাঢ়ী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language spoken in the southeastern part of West 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.
Kolkata, India, is largely inhabited by the ethnic community of the native Bengalis (both Ghoti and Bangal origin) respectively. According to a report by the Indian Statistical Institute owned by the Government of India, the Kolkata city had a population of 4.5 million as of 2011 out of which the population of native Bengalis in Kolkata is almost 62% which comprised the majority of the city's ...
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. 2. Rarhi dialect: Rarhi dialect is spoken across much of Southern West Bengal, India and Southwestern Bangladesh. It is ...
This is a list of States and Union Territories of India by Bengali speakers at the time of the 2011 Census. [1]According to 2011 census of India, Bengali is the fourth fastest growing language in India, following Hindi in the first place, Kashmiri in the second place, and Meitei (), along with Gujarati, in the third place.
The following are the languages spoken in large and small numbers in the Indian State of West Bengal.Though the most spoken language in the land of West Bengal is the Bengali. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.