Learn Bengali
বাংলা · 230+ million speakers
About Bengali
Bengali (বাংলা, Bangla) is an Indo-Aryan language with a literary heritage anchored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It uses its own elegant script, lacks grammatical gender, and is the seventh-most spoken language on earth.
Where it's spoken
Bangladesh, West Bengal (India), and Bengali-speaking communities worldwide
Interesting facts
- 1Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European Nobel laureate in literature, in 1913
- 2International Mother Language Day (21 February) commemorates Bengali language martyrs
- 3Bengali has no grammatical gender — verbs and adjectives don't change with the noun
Why learn Bengali?
Three reasons to make Bengali your next language.
Speak with the world's seventh-largest language community
Bengali is essential for Bangladesh's economy and West Bengal's cultural scene.
Read Tagore in the original
Bengali literature, music and theatre have a depth that's hard to translate.
A gentler entry into South Asia
No grammatical gender and a regular phonetic script make Bengali friendlier than it looks.
Your learning path
The Languages Center Bengali course follows the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C1 (advanced).
Beginner
8 sections · 32 lessons
Elementary
8 sections · 32 lessons
Intermediate
7 sections · 28 lessons
Upper-Intermediate
7 sections · 28 lessons
Advanced
5 sections · 20 lessons
Read short articles
Short reads in Bengali at every level — with full English translations side by side. Great for building reading confidence at your pace.
Podcasts
PremiumNative-speaker audio at every level. Listen anywhere.
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Videos
PremiumAnimated lessons, real-life scenes and documentary clips.
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