Language/Bengali
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Facts about Bengali[edit | edit source]
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
ben
- Autonyms (how to write "Bengali" in Bengali):
বাংলা
- Other names for "Bengali":
Bangala, Bangla-Bhasa
- The Bengali language is spoken in:
Bangladesh
Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language and is the lingua franca of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. It is the official and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India, after Hindi. With approximately 228 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the sixth most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_language
Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
• Bengali dictionary by Sailendra Biswas (2004)
• Bengali-English dictionary (2000)
• BdWord: English-Bengali dictionary
• Khandbahale: English-Bengali dictionary
• Goethe-Verlag: Bengali-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• YouTube: common phrases (video)
• Bengali-English vocabulary by topics (+ audio)
• Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civil affairs - medical
• Bengali slang dictionary: Bengali slang words with meaning, by Sri Subrata
• Companion to Johnson's dictionary, Bengali and English by John Mendies (1876)
• English and Bengali dictionary, for the use of schools, by James Sykes (1858)
• Bengali > English
• Dictionary of the principal languages spoken in the Bengal presidency, English, Bángálí and Hindústání, by P. S. D'Rozario (1837) (in Roman characters)
• Dictionary in English and Bengalee by Ram Comul Sen (1834): I & II
• Dictionary of the Bengali language by William Morton (1828)
• Vocabulary English and Bongalee by Henry Forster (1802)
Free Bengali Lessons[edit | edit source]
Language Exchange[edit | edit source]
Forum[edit | edit source]
Tools[edit | edit source]
Marketplace[edit | edit source]
Last Lessons[edit | edit source]
Idioms — Proverbs — Money and Currency — Shopping Vocabulary — Question Formation — Question Words — Workplace — Jobs and Professions — Geographical Features — States and Cities — Adverbial Phrases — Types of Adverbs — Subordinating Conjunctions — Coordinating Conjunctions — Temporal Prepositions — Directional Prepositions — Transportation — Food and Drinks — Marriage and Rituals — Family Members — Art and Crafts — Traditional Music — History of Bengal — Famous Bengali Writers — Cuisine — Festivals — Comparison — Types of Adjectives — Gender — Verbs