how to pronounce bengali

/bɛŋˈɡɑːliː/

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bengali is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of bengali in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore …”

meaning of bengali

Bengali is a language spoken in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.

bengali frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bengali occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.