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        "unit": "million",
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        "note": "estimates vary"
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      "Bengali diaspora varieties"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "relation": "is written in",
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        "relation": "is a sister of",
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      "Bangla Academy standards",
      "Unicode Bengali block"
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      "Confusing Bangla and Assamese scripts",
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        "Present a machine translation as accurate in legal, medical or official matters without human review.",
        "Treat one dialect or national variety as the only correct Bangla.",
        "Render Bangla script incorrectly in ways that change meaning or names.",
        "Dismiss the language movement's history, in which people died for the language's status."
      ],
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        "Publishing Bangla content under an organisation's name."
      ]
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        "Hundreds of millions depend on Bangla for schooling, health and civic life, and tools often serve it poorly."
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        "Dialect speakers in border regions",
        "Users of public services"
      ]
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    "owners": {
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      "master_systems": []
    }
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Bengali language",
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      "url_status": "live",
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      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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                  }
                ]
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                    "text": "What are the main dialects such as Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi and Sundarbani, and what was Dobhashi?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific dialect?",
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                  {
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                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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            "id": "grammar",
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                    "text": "What are the main features of Bangla phonology and grammar?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits Bengali grammar?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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        "id": "use",
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                "id": "status-finding",
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                    "text": "What official status does Bangla hold in Bangladesh and India, and how is it used in education and media?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
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            "id": "learning",
            "name": "Learning",
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              {
                "id": "learning-finding",
                "name": "Learning",
                "description": "Learning.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "How can learners approach Bangla, and what resources exist?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits language learning?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
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        "id": "context",
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              {
                "id": "history-finding",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How did Bangla develop from Magadhi Prakrit, and what was the Language Movement of 1952?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the Bengali Language Movement?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "literature",
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                "id": "literature-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "What are the major works and authors of Bangla literature, from Charyapada to Tagore and Nazrul?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits Bengali literature?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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              }
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    "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?"
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