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Bengali (bĕngäl`ē) or Bangla (bäng`lä), language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Indo-Iranian Indo-Iranian, subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages, spoken by more than a billion people, chiefly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka (see The Indo-European Family of Languages , table). ..... Click the link for more information. languages. Bengali 1. a member of a people living chiefly in Bangladesh and in West Bengal. The West Bengalis are mainly Hindus; the East Bengalis of Bangladesh are mainly Muslims 2. the language of this people: the official language of Bangladesh and the chief language of West Bengal; it belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This led to civil war, with the overwhelmingly superior West Pakistan army mounting an all-out, brutal war against the Bengalis in East Pakistan. `The Indians, Pakistanis and Bengalis were not on speaking terms,' says Sajid. For instance, it protected the Bihari Muslims, (85) who had collaborated with the Pakistani military in Bangladesh, against reprisals from armed Bengalis in 1971. |
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