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    decreolization of the língua brasílica and the related língua geral paulista, then spoken in almost all of what is now São Paulo, a former lingua franca in most...
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    now Bangladesh) in 1952 advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in...
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    article contains Bengali text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Bengalis (Bengali: বাঙ্গালী, বাঙালি...
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  • Bengali Portuguese Creole[citation needed] (Portuguese: Crioulo português bengali) was an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken in various cities in Bengal: Calcutta...
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    Bengali grammar (Bengali: বাংলা ব্যাকরণ Bangla bêkôrôn) is the study of the morphology and syntax of Bengali, an Indo-European language spoken in the Indian...
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    Bengali Christians (Bengali: বাঙালি খ্রিস্টান) are adherents of Christianity among the Bengali people. Christianity took root in Bengal after the arrival...
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    linguistically closer to Assamese, though the speakers identify with the Bengali culture and the literary language. In the past, it was the court language...
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  • 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015. "Abá nhe'enga oîebyr – Tradução: a língua dos índios está de volta", by Suzel Tunes essay in Portuguese. Matthee,...
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  • da UFRJ sobre a cooficialização de línguas no Brasil Município de Itarana participa de ações do Inventário da Língua Pomerana, Prefeitura Municipal de...
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  • northeastern state of Nagaland, India. Bishnupriya Manipuri, a creole of Bengali language and Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) See...
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    Languages of India (category CS1 Bengali-language sources (bn))
    regions have also started to voice concerns about imposition of Hindi. Bengali is the second most spoken and understood language in the country with a...
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    language in the world, Hindi–Urdu; and the sixth most spoken language, Bengali. The languages in the region mostly comprise Indo-Iranic and Dravidian...
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    and the most widely spoken, and so it serves as a lingua franca for inter-ethnic communications. Bengali, which is an official language in Assam's Barak...
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    Abahattha (category History of the Bengali language)
    Indo-Aryan languages. The eastern group consists of languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, and Odia. Abahatta is considered to follow...
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    Assamese Bengali Bodo Hindi Nepali Bihar Hindi (including Bihari languages) Maithili Urdu Bengali Santali Chandigarh Hindi Punjabi Urdu Nepali Bengali Chhattisgarh...
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    Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is based on Hindustani but heavily influenced by Bengali. Deccani, including Hyderabadi Urdu, and Bangalori Urdu, a dialect of Urdu...
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    Urdu (category CS1 Bengali-language sources (bn))
    Pakistan, where Bengali was the dominant language), challenged the idea of Urdu as a national symbol and its practicality as the lingua franca. The significance...
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    third most widely spoken language of northeast India after Assamese and Bengali. There are 1.76 million Meitei native speakers in India according to the...
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    language of Hojai district and the entirety of the Barak Valley region, while Bengali is an official language in the three districts of Barak Valley. The state...
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  • 766), Zemi (19,561), Kuki (18,652), Hmar (17,584), Khasi (11,520), and Bengali (11,163). Additionally, there are speakers of Rengma, Hindi, Pnar/Synteng...
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    Noakhali District (category Articles containing Bengali-language text)
    Noakhali (Bengali: নোয়াখালী), historically known as Bhulua (Bengali: ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division...
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    Mission in Sierra Leone, the government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah declared Bengali an honorary official language in December 2002. Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F...
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  • of 2011. Bengali is the most spoken language of the town with a population of 9,710, followed by Dimasa (7,855). Haflong Hindi is the lingua franca of...
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    of languages by total number of speakers at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Bengali at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Portuguese at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)...
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  • and tend to be lingua francas that are either supra-regional or supercentral according to the global language system theory. Bengali is the sixth most...
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    Saidpur, Bangladesh (category CS1 uses Bengali-language script (bn))
    city is Modern Standard Bengali that serves as the lingua franca of the nation, with 98% of Bangladeshis being fluent in Bengali as their first language...
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  • Bangladeshi English (category Articles containing Bengali-language text)
    accent heavily influenced by the Bengali language and its dialects in Bangladesh. This variety is very common among Bengalis from Bangladesh, and in West...
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  • relevant authorities regarding whether the Devanagari, Assamese, Roman or Bengali scripts should be made standard. It was agreed upon that the Roman script...
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    1%), Munda, Kuki tribes and Garo Hajong. Bengali is the most spoken language, due to the dominance of Bengali people in the state. Kokborok (Tripuri/Tiprakok)...
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    Project Lingua, or just Lingua is an online translation community formed in the end of 2006 with the goal of translating articles from the global citizen...
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