the bengali language is the language of amar sonar bangla
in 1956 bengali was made a state language of pakistan
 sample text the following is a sample text in bengali of article 1 of the universal declaration of human rights see also bangla academybengali dialectsbengali numeralsbengalilanguage newspaperschittagonian languagelanguages of bangladeshrangpuri languageromani peoplesylheti language notes  references  further reading thompson hanneruth 2012