Language code: bn
Technical information about ISO 639 language code bn
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The table below provides technical details for the Bengali language, designated by the bn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Bengali Native বাংলা |
| Family | Indo-Aryan |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Rarhi (Central/Standard)VarendriBangaKamarupaChittagonianRangpuri |
| Related languages | AssameseOdiaMaithiliHindiSylheti |
| Key facts | Written with the Bengali–Assamese script, an abugida derived from BrahmiEarliest known texts are the 10th-century Buddhist Charyapada songsRabindranath Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for works primarily in BengaliThe language features breathy-voiced consonants and phonemic nasalized vowelsThe 1952 Language Movement in Dhaka led UNESCO to establish 21 February as International Mother Language Day |
| Sample phrase | হ্যালো, কেমন আছো? |
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Bengali belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is an official language in Bangladesh and in parts of India, including West Bengal and Tripura, and is also used regionally in areas of Assam and Jharkhand. It is written using the Bengali script. It is estimated that there are more than 230 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bengali speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
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- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ