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About Bengali
Bengali has its own unique script and is the national anthem language of both Bangladesh and India.
Speakers
230+ million
Language Family
Indo-Aryan
Writing System
Bengali script
Difficulty
Hard
Spoken in
Why Learn Bengali?
Bengali connects you to one of the world's most densely populated regions.
Common Bengali Words
Start your Bengali journey with these essential words and phrases.
নমস্কার
Hello
noh-mohsh-KAR
ধন্যবাদ
Thank you
dhohn-noh-BAHD
দয়া করে
Please
doh-ya KOH-reh
হ্যাঁ
Yes
hyan
না
No
na
জল
Water
johl
খাবার
Food
KHA-bar
বন্ধু
Friend
BOHN-dhu
ভালোবাসা
Love
bha-lo-BA-sha
বিদায়
Goodbye
bee-DIE
বাড়ি
House
BA-ree
বই
Book
boy
History of Bengali
Bengali evolved from Sanskrit-derived Prakrit languages. The Bengali script developed from ancient Brahmi. Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Prize for Literature (1913) brought Bengali to world attention. The Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 centered on Bengali linguistic identity against Urdu imposition. Today, Bengali literature has a rich tradition spanning poetry, novels, and cinema.
Is Bengali Hard to Learn?
Bengali requires learning a unique script with curved letterforms. Grammar has two genders and postpositions instead of prepositions. However, Bengali has no grammatical cases and verb conjugation is simpler than Hindi. Bengali shares Sanskrit-derived vocabulary with other Indo-Aryan languages.
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