Language code: bn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bn

The table below provides technical details for the Bengali language, designated by the bn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

bn

Name

Official

Bengali

Native

বাংলা

Family
Indo-Aryan
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bengali speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

bn-BD Bengali (Bangladesh)

bn-IN Bengali (India)

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