Bengali
Bengali is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European; Bengali-Assamese script (abugida). Official language of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, with a rich modern literary tradition led by Rabindranath Tagore.
6 Levels of Analysis for Bengali
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Bengali
What language family does Bengali belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Bengali?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Bengali one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.