Languages of Bangladesh

Write the name of the twelve languages in Bangladesh with the most speakers. This quiz follows the information in Ethnologue and also follows the linguistic definition: if two dialects are mutually intelligible, then they are one language, if they are not mutually intelligible, then they are two languages (no matter that non-linguists might call one a language and the other a dialect) The numbers on the left are the approximate numbers of native speakers in the 2001 census.

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Hint	Answer
110,000,000	Bengali
13,000,000	Chittagonian
10,000,000	Rangpuri
300,000	Burmese
250,000	Urdu
225,000	Santhali

Hint	Answer
200,000	Rohingya
166,000	Sadri
150,000	Chakma
150,000	Marma
120,000	Garo
85,000	Kok Borok

Level 45

Feb 19, 2015

I thought Sylheti was a language spoken in Bangladesh, maybe I'm wrong.

Level 22

Jan 29, 2023

Some consider Sylheti, Chittagonian and Rangpuri as different languages, due to Chittagonian being much more mutually intelligible with Rohingya and Sylheti being closer to Assamese (I am not sure about the reasons for Rangpuri), however some believe that they are all instead dialects due to their few similarities.

Level 45

May 15, 2020

Wow, ive only heard of 3 of these.