Locale Bn in

Reference data for the Bengali (India) locale — endonym বাংলা (ভারত), written in the Bengali script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: bn-IN
• ISO 639-1: bn
• ISO 639-3: ben
• Script: Beng (Bengali)
• Region: IN (India)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 85,000,000
• L2 (additional): 38,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 123,000,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Bn 001 (Bengali), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — i = 0 or n = 1 (e.g. 0, 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 2~17, 100, 1000, 10000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Bn 001 with the conventions of India, mostly West Bengal and Tripura. Bengali is one of the scheduled languages of India.

• Vocabulary: Indian Bengali uses more Sanskrit-origin words: জল (water), স্নান (bath), নিমন্ত্রণ (invitation).
• Currency and calendar: rupee (₹); Gregorian dates in business and the Bengali calendar for festivals; Indian grouping.
• Standards: the Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi sets the West Bengal spelling.
• Tone: polite and a bit more formal than colloquial speech; English loans are common.

Common pitfalls

• Using Bangladeshi vocabulary (পানি, গোসল) for an Indian audience.
• Using the taka symbol or Bangladesh institution names.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Bn 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Akademi Banan Abhidhan