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Bengali

American

[ben-gaw-lee, -gah-, beng-] / bɛnˈgɔ li, -ˈgɑ-, bɛŋ- /

noun

a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.
an Indic language spoken in E India and Bangladesh.
Bengalee.

adjective

of or relating to Bengal, its inhabitants, or their language; Bengalese.

Bengali British

/ bɛŋ-, bɛnˈɡɔːlɪ /

noun

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
Also called: Bangla. 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

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adjective

of or relating to Bengal, the Bengalis, or their language

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Example Sentences

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He made campaign videos in Hindi and Bengali, among other languages.

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Reddit is currently working to bring machine translation to Bengali and additional languages.

From MarketWatch

The hand-painted saree with traditional Bengali motifs had the colours of the Palestinian flag on its borders.

From BBC

He came upon an old market crowned with a grand dome and a broken clock that had numerals in Bengali, the language most commonly spoken in the city.

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"Why weren't the rich Bengali residents held up?"

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