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Bengali [2 records]

Record 1 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

Statutory national language of Bangladesh.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
CONT

La langue nationale et officielle [du Bangladesh] est le bengali, une langue indo-européenne (groupe indo-iranien) parlée comme langue maternelle par 80 % de la population, mais par 98 % si l'on inclut la langue seconde.

OBS

Le bengali est appelé bangla au Bangladesh.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

A native or resident of Bengal.

OBS

Plural forms: Bengali: Bangali, Bengalis; Bengalee: Bengalee, Bengalees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Habitant ou originaire du Bengale.

Spanish

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