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Bangladesh linguistic diversity as per 2022 census[3]
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.[4] Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali (including dialects) as their first language.[5][3] Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs except in the cases of foreign relations.[6]
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.[7] Bangladesh has 44 indigenous languages according to Professor Shameem Reza.[8]
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