Bangla
Let an agent explain the Bangla language and its dialects, relay its status, script and literature from linguistic and official sources, describe history and register variation, and route to entries for specific dialects.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Bangla language and its dialects, relay its status, script and literature from linguistic and official sources, describe history and register variation, and route to entries for specific dialects.
An Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch spoken by about 240 million native speakers in Bangladesh, where it is the national language, and in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam, with dialects such as Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi and Sundarbani, a historical Dobhashi literary register with Persian and Arabic vocabulary, and a rich literature including Rabindranath Tagore; Bangla is written in the Bengali script and is among the most spoken languages in the world.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language.
It can be explain the language and dialects; relay status and script; relay history and literature; route to specific dialects.
Distinguishing features
National language of Bangladesh
Bengali script
Major literature
Dialect diversity
What it looks like
Not a visible object; written in the Bengali script.
Physical character
native speakers: about 240 million - estimates
world rank by native speakers: about 6 position - estimates vary
How it is recognised
Bengali-Assamese Indo-Aryan language
Standard Bangla, Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi, Sundarbani dialects, Dobhashi register
Assamese is a sister language; Sylheti and Chittagonian are sometimes classed separately
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is written in - the alphabet
is the national language of - and official in West Bengal
is a sister of - in the branch
In practice
Families and kinds
standard Bangla based on Nadia dialect
eastern dialects of Bangladesh
Rangpuri and Varendri in the north
Manbhumi in the west
Sundarbani in the delta
Dobhashi historical register
Bengali diaspora varieties
Identifiers
ISO 639-1 bn
ISO 639-3 ben
Standards and regulation
Bangladesh constitution naming Bangla the state language
Indian scheduled language status
Bangla Academy standards
Unicode Bengali block
Failure modes and hazards
Conflating dialects with separate languages, with classifications attributed
Confusing Bangla and Assamese scripts
Stale speaker counts
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Bangla is.
Linguistics.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Bangla, and how is it classified within Indo-Aryan? definition
- Is the question about standard Bangla, a dialect or a related language such as Assamese or Sylheti? boundary
Dialects
Dialects and registers.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the main dialects such as Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi and Sundarbani, and what was Dobhashi? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Structure Script and grammar.
Linguistics.
Script
Script.
Script
Script.
- How does the Bengali script work, and how is Bangla typed and encoded? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Grammar
Grammar and sounds.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Bangla phonology and grammar? provenance
- Which entry fits Bengali grammar? action
Use Status and use.
Regulation.
Status
Official status.
Status
Status.
- What official status does Bangla hold in Bangladesh and India, and how is it used in education and media? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Learning
Learning.
Learning
Learning.
- How can learners approach Bangla, and what resources exist? action
- Which entry fits language learning? action
Context History and literature.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Bangla develop from Magadhi Prakrit, and what was the Language Movement of 1952? provenance
- Which entry fits the Bengali Language Movement? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works and authors of Bangla literature, from Charyapada to Tagore and Nazrul? provenance
- Which entry fits Bengali literature? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the dialects be separate entries?
- How should linguistic references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and a historical register; should they be split off?