Alternate Names: Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
Dialects: Barisal, Khulna, Mymensingh, Noakhali. Reportedly similar to Assamese ,. Lexical similarity: 40% with Nepali ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 110,000,000 in Bangladesh (2001 census). Population total all countries: 193,261,200. L2 users: 140,000,000 in Bangladesh.
Language Use: All ages. Also use Chak [ckh] in Khagrachari and Rangamati districts. Also use Chittagonian [ctg], War-Jaintia [aml].
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1809–2000.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head both initial and final; 3 genders: male, female, neuter; content q-word initial and final; clause constituents indicated by case-marking and word order; tense; passives and voice; tonal; 35 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes.
Spoken In: Bangladesh
Writing System: Bengali, Braille
Nation of Origin: Bangladesh
Other Comments: Muslim.