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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Bengali
Script(s) Used		(ba N La )
Family		Indo-european	vs	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Indo-aryan
3 Letter Code		Ben

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		189 (120.11 higher than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (189)
Native Speakers as % of World		4.1 (2.58 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (4.1)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		250 (136.17 higher than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (250)
Total Speakers as % of World		3.3 (1.78 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (3.3)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		None	vs	62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence		SOV	vs	33.3% World Languages have SOV
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Bangladesh India
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Bangladesh, Nepal, India, United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Myanmar, Canada, Pakistan
No. of Countries Spoken In		13 (2.67 higher than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (13)

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