Bengali
Bengali is documented on Dialect Atlas across 3 dialects, including Bangladeshi Bengali, Standard Bengali, Sylheti.
Dialects of Bengali
- Bangladeshi BengaliBāṅlā · Dhaka BengaliThe 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.
- Standard BengaliWest Bengal Bengali · Kolkata 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.
- SylhetiA 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.