There are two standard styles in bengali The sadhubhasa (elegant or genteel speech) and the chaltibhasa (current or colloquial speech) The former was largely shaped by the language of early bengali poetical works. Bangla is the state language of bangladesh and one of 18 languages listed in the indian constitution It is the administrative language of the indian states of tripura and west bengal as well as one of the administrative languages of kachar district, assam. Bengali is native to the region of eastern south asia known as bengal, which comprises present day bangladesh and the indian state of west bengal.
Bengali (aka bangla) is spoken in eastern india and bangladesh by over 200 million speakers It is linguistically related to sanskrit and has had a rich history as a literary language since the close of the first millennium.
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