Bengali language
Bengali is the most eastern Indo-Iranian language from South Asia, comes from Pali. It is spoken in both Bangladesh and in the Republic of India. Almost all of the people in Bangladesh speak Bengali, but in India it is spoken in the state of West Bengal, Tripura, East part of Jharkhand and Assam as well provincial region.
Almost two-hundred and thirty million people speak Bengali, which makes it one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Bengali is one of the most spoken languages ranking fifth in the world.[1][2]
Many famous books and poems are written in Bengali.
Rabindranath Tagore was a famous poet who wrote in Bengali. Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The national anthems of both India and Bangladesh were written in this language.[3]
[change] References
- ↑ "Statistical Summaries". Ethnologue. 2005. http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=country. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ↑ "Languages spoken by more than 10 million people". Encarta Encyclopedia. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/5kwPyXpQ1. Retrieved 2007-03-03.
- ↑ "Statement by Hon'ble Foreign Minister on Second Bangladesh-India Track II dialogue at BRAC Centre on 07 August, 2005". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh. http://www.mofa.gov.bd/statements/fm39.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
