Bengalis

Ethnic group native to Bangladesh and India

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Bengalis, also rendered as Bangalee, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divided between the sovereign country Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, Barak Valley, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand and part of Meghalaya and Manipur. Most speak Bengali, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family.

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