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| Language | Population |
|---|---|
| Bengali / Bangla | 163,507,029 |
| Others | 1,651,587 |
| Total | 165,158,616 |
The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bangla according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh.[2] Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali (including dialects) as their first language.[3][1] Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs except in the cases of foreign relations.[4] According to a 2022 census, Bengali is predominantly spoken by 99% of the country's population and it also serves as the national language of the nation. The indigenous people of northern and southeastern Bangladesh speak a variety of native languages. According to the Ethnologue, there are 36 indigenous living languages, which include 17 Tibeto-Burman, 10 Indo-Aryan, 7 Austroasiatic and 2 Dravidian languages in Bangladesh.[5] Bangladesh has 44 indigenous languages according to Professor Shameem Reza.[6]
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- ^ "Bangla Bhasha Procholon Ain, 1987" বাংলা ভাষা প্রচলন আইন, ১৯৮৭ [Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987]. Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh". Ethnologue. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "ULAB introduces Bangla and Literature Department". Dhaka Tribune. 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.