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The official language of Bangladesh is Modern Standard Bengali (Literary Bengali). It serves as the ''lingua franca'' of the nation, with 98% of Bangladeshis fluent in Standard Bengali or Bengali dialects as their first language. English, though not having official status, is prevalent across government, law, business, media and education, and can be regarded as the de facto co-official language of Bangladesh (see Bangladeshi English).〔Ethnologue.〕〔http://www.scribd.com/doc/53272796/Sucess-of-English-language-in-Bangladesh-rec〕 The indigenous people of northern and southeastern Bangladesh speak a variety of native languages. ==Indic languages== The lowlands of Bangladesh form the eastern half of the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal, and the Bengali language is spoken by the majority of the country's inhabitants. There are also some Eastern Indic language varieties, which are variously classified either as dialects of Bengali or separate but closely related languages. They can be thought of forming a dialect continuum. * Bengali-Assamese branch: * * Assamese: is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language used mainly in the state of Assam. It is the official language of Assam State, India. * * Bishnupriya Manipuri * * Bengali proper: spoken all over the country. * * Chakma: spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Unrelated to the Tibeto-Burman languages more commonly found in the region. * * Chittagonian: spoken in the city of Chittagong and in much of the southeast of the country , it is often considered to be a dialect of Bengali, but both languages are mutually unintelligible to each other. * * Hajong: originally a Tibeto-Burman language that has shifted over time to an Indic language. * * Rohingya: spoken in Arakan State, Burma, and by refugees from that region, currently living in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division. While it is also often called ''Arkani'' by native speakers, it is unrelated to the Rakhine of Arakan State. * * Tangchangya: spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Unrelated to the Tibeto-Burman languages more commonly found in the region. * Oraon Sadri: also a major language of Jharkhand State, India. * Bihari: spoken primarily by Muslim refugees from Bihar State, India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Languages of Bangladesh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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