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Bangla

বাংলা
bn 234M speakers

Bangla (বাংলা) is a Indo-European language with approximately 234M speakers speakers. It is written using the Bengali (Bangla) script. Its BCP 47 language code is bn.

Bengali (বাংলা, Bangla) is an Indo-Aryan language and the official language of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. With over 230 million native speakers, it is the sixth most spoken language by native speakers in the world.

Bengali has a rich literary tradition, producing the Nobel Prize-winning poet Rabindranath Tagore, whose works are the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. It is written in the Bengali script, an abugida derived from the ancient Brahmi script.

Writing Systems Used for Bangla

Bengali (Bangla)
বাংলা লিপি
Primary
হ্যালো বিশ্ব
LTR Beng

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Bangla use?
Bangla is written using the Bengali (Bangla) script (ISO 15924 code: Beng). Bengali (Bangla) is written left-to-right.
What direction is Bangla written?
Bangla is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
How many people speak Bangla?
Bangla has approximately 234M speakers speakers worldwide. It is a member of the Indo-European language family.
What language family does Bangla belong to?
Bangla belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is written with the Bengali (Bangla) script.
What is the language code for Bangla?
The BCP 47 language code for Bangla is "bn". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code
bn
ISO 639-3
ben
Status
living
Speakers
234M speakers
Language Family
Indo-European
Scripts
1
Primary Script
Bengali (Bangla)

Other Bengali (Bangla) Languages

Assamese Bishnupriya Chakma Manipuri Mizo grt rkt syl unr unx

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.