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.
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.
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Bengali speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Previous: Language Code List
Read next: Language Plural Rules
Tired of manually editing translation files?
Our platform streamlines software localization for you.