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{{Infobox country languages
| image= Languages of Bangladesh map.svg
| caption=
| country= [[Bangladesh]]
| official= [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| national= [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| regional= [[Bangali dialect|Bangali]], [[Burmese]], [[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]], [[Dhakaiya Kutti]], [[Noakhailla]], [[Rangpuri language|Rangpuri]], [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]], [[Varendri]]
| minority= [[Burmese]],[[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya]], [[Chakma language|Chakma]], [[Dhakaiya Urdu]], [[Hajong language|Hajong]], [[Tangchangya language|Tangchangya]], [[Sadri language|Oraon Sadri]], [[Hindi]], [[Khasi language|Khasi]], [[Koda language|Koda]], [[Mundari language|Mundari]], [[Pnar language|Pnar]], [[Santali language|Santali]], [[War language|War-Jaintia]], [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]], [[Sauria Paharia language|Sauria Paharia]], [[A'Tong language|A'Tong]], [[Chak language|Chak]], [[Chin languages|Chin]], [[Asho language|Asho]], [[Bawm language|Bawm]], [[Falam language|Falam]], [[Hakha-Chin language|Haka]], [[Khumi language|Khumi]], [[Koch language|Koch]], [[Garo language|Garo]], [[Megam language|Megam]], [[Meitei language|Meitei Manipuri]], [[Kokborok|Tripuri(Kokborok)]], [[Mizo language|Mizo]], [[Mru language|Mru]], [[Pangkhua language|Pangkhua]], [[Rakhine language|Rakhine]]/[[Marma Language|Marma]]
| immigrant= [[Burmese]], [[Urdu]]<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |title='Stranded Pakistanis' living in camps in Bangladesh – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2014/aug/11/stranded-pakistanis-camps-bangladesh-bihari-in-pictures |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=BBC1>{{cite news |title=Vote for 'stranded Pakistanis' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3003949.stm |work=BBC News |date=6 May 2003 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>{{•}}[[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
| foreign= [[Arabic]], [[Farsi]] and [[English language|English]]
}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = "Languages spoken across Bangladesh" (2011)<ref>http://www.bbs.gov.bd › site › page
Population-and-Housing-Census - বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো</ref>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ([[National language]])
|value1 = 98
|color1 = Brown
|label2 = others
|value2 = 2
|color2 = Yellow}}
{| class="wikitable" align=right
|+ '''Bangladesh linguistic diversity as per 2011 census'''<ref>http://www.bbs.gov.bd › site › page
Population-and-Housing-Census - বাংলাদেশ পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরো</ref>
|-
! Language
! Population
|-
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] (বাংলা)
| 146,776,916
|-
| Others
| 2,995,47
|-
| Total
| 149,72,364
|}
The [[national language]] and official language of Bangladesh is [[Bengali language|Bengali]] according to the third article of the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]].<ref name="bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd">{{cite book |title=The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |chapter=Article 3. The state language |chapter-url=http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/sections_detail.php?id=367&sections_id=24550 |website=bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd |publisher=Ministry of Law, The People's Republic of Bangladesh |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref> And the second most spoken language in Bangladesh is claimed to be [[Burmese language|Burmese]] (မြန်မာ) which is spoken by the [[Marma people|Marma]] tribe in chittagong hill districts as the distrcts border [[Myanmar]] and it's also spoken by the [[Rohingya people|Rohingya]] people.98% of [[Bangladeshis]] are fluent in Bengali (including dialects) as their [[first language]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Faquire |first=A.B.M. Razaul Karim |date=December 2010 |title=Language Situation in Bangladesh |journal=The Dhaka University Studies |volume=67 |pages=63–77 }}</ref> [[Bangla Bhasha Procholon Ain, 1987|Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987]] made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs except in the cases of foreign relations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/bangla_pdf_part.php?id=705 |title=Bangla Bhasha Procholon Ain, 1987 |website=[[Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs]] |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |script-title=bn:বাংলা ভাষা প্রচলন আইন, ১৯৮৭ |trans-title=Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 |access-date=2019-04-25}}</ref>
According to a 2011 census, Bengali is predominantly spoken by 98% of the country's population and it also serves as the national language of the nation. The [[Indigenous peoples in Bangladesh|indigenous people]] of northern and southeastern Bangladesh speak a variety of native languages.

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Merajul Islam at 15:06, 10 January 2022