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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 ...
The interactions with different cultures and languages led to the birth of the Kutti dialect. The Bais panchayets of Old Dhaka in the twentieth-century used to converse in either Dhakaiya Urdu or Dhakaiya Kutti. Eventually, the common people living in the localities of Old Dhaka, Kutti or not, used to speak in this dialect.
Dhaka (/ ˈdɑːkə / DAH-kə or / ˈdækə / DAK-ə; Bengali: ঢাকা, romanized:Ḍhākā, pronounced [ˈɖʱaka] ⓘ), formerly known as Dacca, [ 16 ] is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. It is the ninth-largest and eighth-most densely populated city in the world.
Dhakaiya Urdu, sometimes unofficially and mythically concocted referred to as Sobbasi Language or Khosbasi Language, is a distinct Bengalinized dialect of Urdu that is native to Old Dhaka beside Dhakaiya Kutti a dialect of Bangla, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is being spoken by the city's Sobbas community, Khusbas community, Nawab Family, other ...
Important holidays include Language Movement Day, Independence Day, Victory Day and Pahela Boishakh. Religious festivals include Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Durga Puja, Buddha Purnima etc. Dhaka is known as the center of media and cinema of Bangladesh, housing many of Bangladesh's important academies. The culture of Dhaka is based on the culture ...
Bengali is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh, [10] [11] [12] with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. [13] [14] It is the second-most widely spoken language in India. It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of ...
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population of 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east ...
t. e. Bangladesh is the eighth-most populated country in the world with almost 2.2% of the world's population. As per the final results of the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, the country's population is 169,828,911. [12] Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971 ...