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Bengali or Bangla (Bengali: বাংলা, pronounced [ˈbaŋla]) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages.
Bengali is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, Tripura and southern Assam (also known as Barak Valley). With nearly 230 million total speakers, Bengali is one of the most spoken languages (ranking fifth) in the world. Bengali is the primary language spoken in Bangladesh and is the second most spoken language in India.
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