Bengali

Bengali may refer to more than one article:

Bengal, a region shared by Bangladesh and India
- Bangladesh, a country in South Asia
- West Bengal, Indian state of Bengal, popularly known as Bangla or Poshchim Bongo
Bengali language, an Indo-Aryan language
- Bengali script, the script used to write the Bengali language
Bengali people, an ethnic group of South Asia
- List of Bengalis
Bangalla, a fictional country in The Phantom, also known as Bengali

Etymology and ethnology The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. The Bengali script ( Bengali: বাংলা লিপি Bangla lipi) is a variant of the Eastern Nagari script also used for Assamese and The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between Bangladesh and India) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people, from India or Bangladesh, or people with Bengali ancestry Bangalla, also known as Bengali and Bangolia, is a fictional African country (originally set in Asia, near India, until the 1960s

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Language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.

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