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ISO 639-3: ben

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Other known names and dialect names: Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa, Barik, Barisal, Bhatiari, Chirmar, Kachari-Bengali, Khulna, Kishanganjia, Lohari-Malpaharia, Musselmani, Mymensingh, Noakhali, Rajshahi, Samaria, Saraki, Siripuria

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINELexique Swadesh en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-1354a04a-e3d0-480b-94a0-4ae3d0e80b9a
  2. ONLINEInteractions de base en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-27d237f8-f9c3-4287-9237-f8f9c3128739
  3. ONLINEHistoire de l'âne en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2019. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-93cd504c-a5d1-406f-85d1-e6652fdf2bd7
  4. ONLINEInteractions de base en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-dd47603e-604e-41d0-8760-3e604ec1d06b
  5. ONLINELexique Swadesh en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-f0895d82-6d40-4ab5-895d-826d40aab538
  6. ONLINEReport on Arthur Capell Estate by Peter Newton. Peter Newton. 1995. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-000
  7. ONLINEGaelic, Gogobera, Waramanga, Gaididj, Lockhart River corroborees, Munggan South and North, Linngitigh, Gogomindjah, Taiyor; some corroborees, Mitchell River; Nguna, Javanese, Nauru, Tamil, Bengali. Arthur Capell (compiler); Arthur Capell (recorder). 1970. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-306
  8. ONLINEMultiple languages. Arthur Capell (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-420
  9. ONLINEWordlists including banana tree, functors, pronouns. Some verb paradigms.. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2004. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-001
  10. ONLINEBengali Genesis Translation. British and Foreign Bible Society. 1973. The Bangladesh Bible Society. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_gen-1
  11. ONLINEBengali Genesis Translation. The Long Now Foundation. 1998. Anjuman Printing Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_gen-2
  12. ONLINELinguistic Survey of India. Grierson, G.A. 1967. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_vertxt-1
  13. ONLINEBengali text. Giraldo, Enrique (researcher); Ibach, Thomas (researcher); Bose, Subhas (speaker). 1966. SIL International. oai:sil.org:89918

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINEWikisigns West Bengal Sign Language. n.a. n.d. The Sign Language Dataset Compendium. oai:compendium.lr.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de:wikisignswestbengalsl
  2. ONLINELexique Swadesh en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-1354a04a-e3d0-480b-94a0-4ae3d0e80b9a
  3. ONLINELexique Swadesh en bengali. Farah, Hélène (data_inputter); El Ayari, Sarra (depositor); Khan, Hassan (speaker); Zribi-Hertz, Anne (researcher); Soare, Elena (researcher). 2022. Structures formelles du langage. oai:crdo.vjf.cnrs.fr:cocoon-f0895d82-6d40-4ab5-895d-826d40aab538
  4. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Bengali. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:bn
  5. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Bengali (India). Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:bn-IN
  6. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Bengali (Latin). Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:bn-Latn
  7. Colloquial Bengali : Bengali texts with broad phonetic transcription and meaning in English. Chowdhury, Mofazzal Haider. 1963. Dacca : Bengali Academy. oai:gial.edu:13961
  8. Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. Biswas, Sailendra, 1918-. 1982. Calcutta : Sahitya Samsad. oai:gial.edu:14312
  9. Samsad English-Bengali dictionary. Biswas, Sailendra, 1918-. 1980. Calcutta : Sahitya Samsad. oai:gial.edu:14317
  10. Students' favorite dictionary (English to Bengali). Dev, Ashu Tosh. 1963. Lahore : Siraj Muhamadi Press. oai:gial.edu:14326
  11. Students' favorite dictionary (Bengali to English). Dev, Ashu Tosh. 1952. Lahore : Siraj Muhamadi Press. oai:gial.edu:14327
  12. Essential everyday Bengali : a grammar and glossary of colloquial Bengali with examples throughout. Thompson, Hanne-Ruth. 1999. Dhaka, Bangladesh : Bangla Academy. oai:gial.edu:26377
  13. ONLINEConcreteness and imageability lexicon MEGA.HR-Crossling. Ljubešić, Nikola. 2018. Jožef Stefan Institute. oai:www.clarin.si:11356/1187

Language descriptions

  1. Introduction to Bengali Part I. Dimock, Edward C. 1964. [S.l. : s.n. oai:gial.edu:22132
  2. Essential everyday Bengali : a grammar and glossary of colloquial Bengali with examples throughout. Thompson, Hanne-Ruth. 1999. Dhaka, Bangladesh : Bangla Academy. oai:gial.edu:26377
  3. Bengali language handbook. Ray, Punya Sloka. 1966. Language handbook series. oai:gial.edu:946
  4. Volitionality and subject in Bengali : a study of semantic parameters in grammatical processes. Klaiman, M. H. 1981. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Linguistics Club. oai:gial.edu:9558
  5. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Bengali. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:beng1280
  6. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Bengali. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:beng1280
  7. ONLINELinguistic Survey of India. Grierson, G.A. 1967. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_morsyn-4
  8. ONLINELanguage Policy, Language Planning, and Sociolinguistics in Southeast Asia. Bradley, David. 1985. Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_morsyn-5
  9. ONLINEThe World's Writing Systems. Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William. 1996. Oxford University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_ortho-1
  10. ONLINECompendium of the World's Languages. Campbell, George L. 2000. Routledge. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_ortho-2
  11. ONLINEThe World's Writing Systems. Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William. 1996. Oxford University Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_ortho-4
  12. ONLINELinguistic Survey of India. Grierson, G.A. 1967. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_ortho-5
  13. ONLINECompendium of the World's Languages. Campbell, George L. 2000. Routledge. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_phon-1
  14. ONLINEProduction of Bangla stops by native English speakers learning Bangla: An acoustic analysis. Miller, Dustin D. 2008. SIL International. oai:sil.org:94792
  15. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Bengali. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:ben
  16. ONLINEWOLD Resources for Bengali. n.a. 2013. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wold.clld.org:72
  17. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Bengali. Maddieson, Ian. 2012. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src322

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINEThe phonemes of Bengali. Ferguson, C. A.; Chowdhury, M. 1960. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:254
  2. ONLINEBengali. Klaiman, M. H. 1990. The World's Major Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:446
  3. ONLINEThe Bengali Language. Translation of Bengalskii jazyk. Languages of Asia and Africa. Bykova, E. M. 1981. Nauka. oai:refdb.wals.info:1432
  4. ONLINEBangla. Dasgupta, Probal. 2003. The Indo-Aryan Languages. oai:refdb.wals.info:3827
  5. ONLINEBengali. A complete course for beginners. Radice, William. 1994. Hoddler Headline Plc. oai:refdb.wals.info:3995
  6. ONLINEReduplication in South Asian Languages. An Areal, Typological and Historical Study. Abbi, Anvita. 1992. Allied Publishers Limited. oai:refdb.wals.info:4019
  7. ONLINETense and Aspect Systems. Dahl, Östen. 1985. Blackwell. oai:refdb.wals.info:4272
  8. ONLINEIntroduction to Bengali. Dimock, Edward C. 1965. East-West Center Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4709
  9. ONLINEVerbs of 'being' in Bengali, with a note on Amharic. Ferguson, C. A. 1972. The verb 'be' and its synonyms 5. oai:refdb.wals.info:5100
  10. ONLINELes langages de l'humanité: une encyclopédie des 3000 langues parlées dans le monde. Malherbe, Michael; Rosenberg, S. 1996. Laffont. oai:refdb.wals.info:5673
  11. Bengali. Hudson, D. F. 1965. Teach yourself books. oai:gial.edu:13614
  12. Bengali. Foreign Service Institute (U.S.). 1960. Washington, D.C. : Foreign Service Institute, Dept. of State. oai:gial.edu:15783
  13. Tutor's guide for teaching spoken Bengali. Breault, Guy. 1983. Barisal, Bangladesh : Oriental Institute. oai:gial.edu:22124
  14. Bengali. Radice, William, 1951-. 2003. Teach yourself books (Lincolnwood, Ill.). oai:gial.edu:25825
  15. An introduction to Bengali : description of the Bengali phonemes. Leclerc, Georges. 1964. Sagardi, Barisal : Oriental Institute. oai:gial.edu:26967
  16. Non-finite verbal forms in Bengali. Zbavitel, Dušan. 1970. Dissertationes orientales ; v. 29. oai:gial.edu:6369
  17. Podlezhashchee i skazuemoe v sovremennom bengalʹskom ︠i︡azyke. Bykova, E. M. (Evgeni︠i︡a Mikhaĭlovna). 1960. Moskva : Izd-vo vostochnoĭ let-ry. oai:gial.edu:7041
  18. ONLINEBengali: a language of Bangladesh. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:ben
  19. ONLINEworking files. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2151_8
  20. ONLINEfinal data. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2150_0
  21. ONLINErecordings. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_214F_2
  22. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Bengali. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_ben
  23. ONLINEThe Santali cluster in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey. Kim, Amy; Kim, Seung. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9037
  24. ONLINETexts in a Range of European and Asian languages. Arthur Capell (compiler). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-MISC10
  25. ONLINELanguage Policy, Language Planning, and Sociolinguistics in Southeast Asia. Bradley, David. 1985. Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_contents-1
  26. ONLINECompendium of the World's Languages. Campbell, George L. 2000. Routledge. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_detail-1
  27. ONLINELinguistic Survey of India. Grierson, G.A. 1967. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_detail-3
  28. ONLINELanguage Policy, Language Planning, and Sociolinguistics in Southeast Asia. Bradley, David. 1985. Australian National University. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_references-1
  29. ONLINEUniversal Declaration of Human Rights. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ben_undec-1

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINEThe Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey. Kim, Amy; Roy, Palash; Sangma, Mridul. 2011. SIL International. oai:sil.org:41669
  2. ONLINEThe Garos of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey. Kim, Amy; Ahmad, Sayed; Sangma, Mridul; Kim, Seung. 2012. SIL International. oai:sil.org:47762
  3. ONLINEOhur Ghubay Jawa. Phillips, Virginia (researcher); Hajong, Suborna (speaker). 2016. SIL International. oai:sil.org:67443
  4. ONLINEAdvocacy kit for promoting multilingual education: including the excluded [in Bengali]. Malone, Susan E. 2009. UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and SIL Bangladesh. oai:sil.org:79934
  5. ONLINEGaro Dictionary. Anderson, Toby (compiler). 2018. SIL International. oai:sil.org:84673
  6. ONLINEKamta Dictionary. Anderson, Toby (compiler). 2020. SIL International. oai:sil.org:84777
  7. ONLINESurjapuri Dictionary. Anderson, Toby (compiler). 2020. SIL International. oai:sil.org:84860
  8. ONLINEWordlists, texts, conversations and songs, from Nepal, India & Bangladesh. Toulmin, Matthew W. S. (researcher). 2004. PARADISEC. oai:sil.org:87639
  9. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-002
  10. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-003
  11. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-004
  12. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-005
  13. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-006
  14. ONLINEElicitation of wordlist. Matthew Toulmin (compiler); Matthew Toulmin (recorder). 2003. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:MT1-007
  15. ONLINEHELLO CAMPANIA! Bangladesh Collection. Di Salvo, Margherita; Cataldo, Violetta; Noschese, Maria Paola. 2025. Margherita Di Salvo. oai:clarin.eurac.edu:20.500.12124/88
  16. ONLINE2006 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test Set Part 2. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2012. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2012S01
  17. ONLINE2008 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Training Set Part 1. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2011. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2011S05
  18. ONLINE2007 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation Test Set. Martin, Alvin; Le, Audrey. 2009. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2009S04
  19. ONLINE2007 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation Supplemental Training Set. Martin, Alvin; Le, Audrey; Graff, David; van Santen, Jan. 2009. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2009S05
  20. ONLINEIndian Language Part-of-Speech Tagset: Bengali. Bali, Kalika; Choudhury, Monojit; Biswas, Priyanka. 2010. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2010T16
  21. ONLINE2008 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Training Set Part 2. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2011. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2011S07
  22. ONLINE2008 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test Set. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2011. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2011S08
  23. ONLINE2006 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Training Set. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2011. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2011S09
  24. ONLINE2006 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation Test Set Part 1. NIST Multimodal Information Group. 2011. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2011S10
  25. ONLINEIARPA Babel Bengali Language Pack IARPA-babel103b-v0.4b. Bills, Aric; Bishop, Judith; David, Anne; Dubinski, Eyal; Fiscus, Jonathan G.; Gillies, Breanna; Harper, Mary; Jarrett, Amy; Molina, María Encarnación Pérez; Ray, Jessica; Rytting, Anton; Paget, Shelley; Shen, Wade; Silber, Ronnie; Tzoukermann, Evelyne; Wong, Jamie. 2016. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2016S08
  26. ONLINEMulti-Language Conversational Telephone Speech 2011 -- South Asian. Jones, Karen; Graff, David; Walker, Kevin; Strassel, Stephanie. 2017. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2017S14
  27. ONLINE2011 NIST Language Recognition Evaluation Test Set. Greenberg, Craig; Martin, Alvin; Graff, David; Walker, Kevin; Jones, Karen; Strassel, Stephanie. 2018. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2018S06
  28. ONLINELORELEI Bengali Representative Language Pack. Tracey, Jennifer; Strassel, Stephanie; Graff, David; Wright, Jonathan; Chen, Song; Ryant, Neville; Kulick, Seth; Griffitt, Kira; Delgado, Dana; Arrigo, Michael. 2022. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2022T05
  29. ONLINEMixer 3 Speech. Huang, Shudong; Walker, Kevin; Graff, David. 2023. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2023S02
  30. ONLINECollins Multilingual database (MLD) - WordBank. n.a. 2016. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-T0376
  31. ONLINEThe EMILLE Lancaster Corpus. n.a. 2004. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-W0038
  32. ONLINEThe EMILLE/CIIL Corpus. n.a. 2004. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-W0037
  33. ONLINEParallel Corpora for 6 Indian Languages. n.a. 2022. ELRA (European Language Resources Association). oai:catalogue.elra.info:ELRA-W0320

Other known names and dialect names: Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa, Barik, Barisal, Bhatiari, Chirmar, Kachari-Bengali, Khulna, Kishanganjia, Lohari-Malpaharia, Musselmani, Mymensingh, Noakhali, Rajshahi, Samaria, Saraki, Siripuria

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