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Bengali or Bangla is the native language of the ethno-cultural region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal. It is the sole official language of Bangladesh , and one of the 22 offical scheduled languages of India . It is also the state official language of West Bengal , and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam . With about 220 million native and over 250 million total speakers, Bengali is one of the most spoken languages, ranked sixth/seventh in the world. The national songs of both India and Bangladesh were composed in the Bengali language by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It is the most commonly spoken language in Indias third largest city, Kolkata and Bangladeshs largest city Dhaka . In 2010 UNESCO, on behalf of the United Nations officially declared Bangla as the sweetest language in the world.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 02:19:05 +0000

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