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.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 22.57°, 88.36°
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A Bengali variety of the Sylhet region of north-eastern Bangladesh. Often classified as a separate language; the dominant heritage variety of the British Bangladeshi community.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 24.89°, 91.87°
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DialectStandard BengaliThe 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.DialectSylhetiA Bengali variety of the Sylhet region of north-eastern Bangladesh. Often classified as a separate language; the dominant heritage variety of the British Bangladeshi community.CompareBangladeshi Bengali vs Standard BengaliAtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Bengali and the dialects within it.