Language code: bn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bn

Technical information about bn language code (Bengali) is available below.

ISO code

bn

Language

Official

Bengali

Native

বাংলা

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Bengali belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is an official language in Bangladesh and 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 200 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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