Bangla
bn · বাংলা
Bangla (bn) is written in the Bangla script and has an estimated 279.9M speakers. It is an official language in Bangladesh. CLDR has 3 locales for it.
Native nameবাংলা
ScriptBanglaBeng
Speakers279.9Mestimated
Countries5
Locales3
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- bn
- Native name
- বাংলা
- Script
- Bangla Beng
- Likely region
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- one
- two
- few
- many
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Official | 98% |
| 🇮🇳 India | Official (regional) | 8.1% |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.4% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.33% | |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0.094% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 0, 1, 0.5 |
| other | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, … |