Language
- Official language: Bengali (also known as Bangla)
- Dialects: Chittagonian, Sylheti and Noakhali (all regarded as languages in their own right)
- Tribal languages: Khasi-Jainta, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Arakanese, Chakma, Garo, Ho, Kokborok and Kurukh
- Other languages: English (spoken and known widely in upper-class & politics), Arabic ( sometimes spoken and known by many Muslims, due to Islam being the primary religion), Urdu (understood by some, and spoken by Biharis)'
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