Bāṅlā · Dhaka Bengali
The Bengali of Bangladesh, with Dhaka as its national centre. Closely related to the West Bengal standard but with its own pronunciation, vocabulary, and Persian-Arabic loan stratum.
- Approximate centre
- 23.81°, 90.41°
Dialect comparison
Bangladeshi Bengali vs Standard Bengali
Compare two dialects of Bengali side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
West Bengal Bengali · Kolkata Bengali
The variety of West Bengal centred on Kolkata. The basis of literary Bengali and the medium of a major modern literature including the works of Tagore.
- Approximate centre
- 22.57°, 88.36°
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