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Bengali (ISO 639-3 code 'ben')

ISO 639-3 Language Code: ben
ISO 639-3 Language Name: Bengali
ISO Macrolanguage Name: 
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Speech Varieties of Bengali

There are 23 distinct speech varieties currently identified within this language code.

1. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #20012
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 20012
GRN Name: Bengali: Manbhum: Muchi
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

2. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #20041
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 20041
GRN Name: Bhuyan
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

3. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #3263
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 03263
GRN Name: Bangla
Alternate names: Bangla: Bangladesh
Bengali
Bengali: Bangladesh
Bengali: Pakistan
বাংলা
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

4. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #21155
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 21155
Ethnologue 16th Edition Language Code: 
GRN Name: Bangla: Bagani
Alternate names: Jangly
Where spoken: Bangladesh

5. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #172
GRN Name: Bengali
Alternate names: Banga-Bhasa
Bangala
Bangla
Bangla-Bhasa
বাঙ্গালী
Where spoken: Australia
Bangladesh
Canada
India
Malawi
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America

6. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #20042
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 20042
GRN Name: Rabidas
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

7. Bengali

Speech Variety Code: #20043
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 20043
GRN Name: Rishi
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

8. Bengali: Barik

Speech Variety Code: #7958
GRN Name: Bengali: Barik
Alternate names: Barik
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

9. Bengali: Bhatiari

Speech Variety Code: #7959
GRN Name: Bengali: Bhatiari
Alternate names: Bhatiari
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

10. Bengali: Chirmar

Speech Variety Code: #7960
GRN Name: Bengali: Chirmar
Alternate names: Chirmar
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

11. Bengali: Chittagonian

Speech Variety Code: #3259
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 03259
GRN Name: Bangla: Chittagonian
Alternate names: Bengali
Bengali: Chittagonian
Chittagonian
Rohingya
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Malaysia
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Thailand

12. Bengali: Eastern

Speech Variety Code: #136
GRN Name: Bengali: Eastern
Alternate names: Eastern
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

13. Bengali: Kachari-bengali

Speech Variety Code: #7961
GRN Name: Bengali: Kachari-bengali
Alternate names: Kachari-bengali
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

14. Bengali: Lohari

Speech Variety Code: #20071
GRN Name: Bengali: Lohari
Alternate names: Karmaker
Lohari
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

15. Bengali: Lohari-malpaharia

Speech Variety Code: #7962
GRN Name: Bengali: Lahori-Malphaina
Alternate names: Lohari-malpaharia
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

16. Bengali: Manbhuiyan

Speech Variety Code: #6446
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 06446
GRN Name: Bengali: Manbhuiyan
Alternate names: Manbhuima
Manbhuiyan
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

17. Bengali: Muslim

Speech Variety Code: #3261
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 03261
GRN Name: Bangla: Muslim
Alternate names: Bengali
Bengali: Muslim
Muslim
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

18. Bengali: Musselmani

Speech Variety Code: #597
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 00597
GRN Name: Bengali: Musselmani
Alternate names: Musselmani
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

19. Bengali: Rajshahi

Speech Variety Code: #7963
GRN Name: Bengali: Rajshahi
Alternate names: Deshi
Kamta
Kamtapuri
Rajshahi
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

20. Bengali: Samaria

Speech Variety Code: #7964
GRN Name: Bengali: Samaria
Alternate names: Samaria
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

21. Bengali: Saraki

Speech Variety Code: #7965
GRN Name: Bengali: Saraki
Alternate names: Saraki
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

22. Bengali: Singh

Speech Variety Code: #5093
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code: 05093
GRN Name: Bangla: Singh
Alternate names: Singh
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Singapore

23. Bengali: Siripuria

Speech Variety Code: #7966
Ethnologue 16th Edition Language Code: 
GRN Name: Bengali: Siripuria
Alternate names: Kishanganjia
Siripuria
Where spoken: Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Singapore

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