Language code: ben
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ben
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The table below provides technical details for the Bengali language, designated by the ben code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bengali Native বাংলা |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Rarhi (Nadia/Standard)VarendriRangpuriDhakaiyaNoakhali |
| Related languages | AssameseOdiaMaithiliHindiChittagonian |
| Key facts | Employs an abugida called the Bengali scriptPossesses two principal literary registers, Sadhu Bhasha and Cholit BhashaRoughly two-thirds of its core vocabulary is inherited from Sanskrit, with notable Persian, Arabic and English borrowingsInternational Mother Language Day (21 February) commemorates the 1952 Bengali Language MovementRabindranath Tagore became the first non-European Nobel laureate (1913) for works chiefly written in Bengali |
| Sample phrase | হ্যালো, তুমি কেমন আছো? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Bengali language, identified by the code ben, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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