Languages of Bangladesh

"Number of people knowing Bangla across Bangladesh" (2022)^[1]

The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bengali (also known as “Bangla”) according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh.^[2] Almost 99% of Bangladeshis can speak Bengali (including dialects).^[3]^[1] Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs except in the cases of foreign relations.^[4] According to the 2022 census, Bengali is predominantly spoken by most of the country's population and it also serves as the national language of the nation. Other mostly spoken languages around the different regions of Bangladesh are, Rangpuri, Sylheti, Chittagonian, Noakhailla.The indigenous people of northern and southeastern Bangladesh speak a variety of native languages. According to the Ethnologue, there are 36 indigenous living languages, which include 17 Tibeto-Burman, 10 Indo-Aryan, 7 Austroasiatic and 2 Dravidian languages in Bangladesh.^[5] Bangladesh has 44 indigenous languages according to Professor Shameem Reza.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.bbs.gov.bd › site › page Population-and-Housing-Census - বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো
^ "The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.
^ Faquire, A.B.M. Razaul Karim (December 2010). "Language Situation in Bangladesh". The Dhaka University Studies. 67: 63–77.
^ "Bangla Bhasha Procholon Ain, 1987" বাংলা ভাষা প্রচলন আইন, ১৯৮৭ [Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987]. Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "ULAB introduces Bangla and Literature Department". Dhaka Tribune. 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.