Language · Indo-European
Bangla
বাংলা – its own name
Official or co-official in 1 country. Listed in 6 countries.
- Speakers (estimate)
- c. 280 million
- sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
- Script
- Bangla
Where it is spoken
- Official 1
- Regional 1
- Minority 4
Official
- Bangladesh 98% 165 million
Regional
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India
8.1%
114 million
Official in West Bengal and Tripura, and in the Barak Valley of Assam.
Minority
- United Kingdom 0.4% 274 thousand
- Canada 0.3% 128 thousand
- Singapore 1.3% 78 thousand
- Nepal <0.1% 29 thousand