Bengali

Bengali

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BangladeshIndiaNepal

Written in the bengali script. Uses SOV word order with agglutinative morphology. Notable features include tonal distinctions, 4 noun cases, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Official in 2 countries

BangladeshIndia

233,282 km²

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Typology

Word order SOV
Adjective before noun
Adposition postposition
Tonal yes
Gender yes
Noun cases yes

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