

Radio stations broadcasting programmes in Bengali include BBC Asian Network, Sunrise Radio in West London, Asian Sound Radio in Manchester, Me FM in Aberdeen, Radio XL in the West Midlands and Sunrise Radio in Yorkshire. Six weekly newspapers serve the Bengali community.

Very much smaller Bangla communities have moved from London and other big cities to smaller centres such as Gloucester. Its large numbers of Bangladeshi restaurants and fabric shops are a popular visitor attraction. Brick Lane, an old street that runs from Whitechapel to Bethnal Green, is sometimes affectionately referred to as 'Bangla Town'. Speakers are concentrated in an area stretching from Westminster to Newham, with particularly high proportions in Tower Hamlets. In a 2000 survey of London school children, Bengali/Sylheti was the most commonly spoken language after English, used by 4.51 per cent of the school population. By far the largest community, however, is to be found in London. Recognised by the Republic of India.Bengali speakers are dispersed through the UK in cities such as Coventry and Bradford. Bengali is the nationalĪnd official language of Bangladesh, and one of the 23 official languages The most spoken languages, ranked seventh in the world. WithĪbout 220 million native and about 250 million total speakers, Bengali is one of

The language native to the region of Bengal, which comprises present dayīangladesh and the Indian states West Bengal, Tripura and southern Assam. HOME ANGAMI ANGIKA AO ASSAMESE AWADHI BAGELKHANDI BAGRI BAJJIKA BANGRU BANJARI BARELI BENGALI BHILI BHOJPURI BISHNUPRIYA-MANIPURI BODO BRAJ BHASHA BUNDELKHANDI CHHATTISGARHI DIMASA DOGRI GARHWALI GARO GONDI GUJARATI GURJARI HALBI HAMIRPURI HARYANVI HINDI HO JAINTIA KANGRI KANNADA KASHMIRI KHANDESHI KHASI KHIAMNIUNGAN KHORTHA KOKBOROK KONKANI KONYAK KORKU KUMAONI KURUKH LOTHA MAGAHI MAITHILI MALAYALAM MALVANI MALVI MANDEALI MANIPURI MARATHI MARWADI MEWARI MIZO MUNDARI NAGAMESE NEPALI NIMADI ODIA PHOM PUNJABI RAJASTHANI RAJPUTI SAMBALPURI SANSKRIT SANTALI SEMA SINDHI SINHALA SURGUJIA SYLHETI TAMIL TELUGU TULU URDUĪbout Bengali language: Bengali or Bangla is Learn Bengali through any of these languages: GUJARATI ENGLISH HINDI KANNADA MALAYALAM MARATHI ODIA PUNJABI TAMIL TELUGU

Which Indian state has the largest population?īharoter kon rajjer sob teke besi jonsonkha? Tara samabes er jonno kano derite esechilo? Khullaam (I opened)/ khullo (he, they opened) Ese chilaam (I came)/ ese chilo (he, they came)Īasbo (I will come)/ aasbe (he, they will come)
