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Language profiles in Manchester<\/h2>\n

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Bengali<\/h1>\n

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Language<\/strong><\/td>\nBengali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language name transliterated<\/strong><\/td>\nBangla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language name original script<\/strong><\/td>\n\u09ac\u09be\u0999\u09be\u09b2\u09bf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/strong><\/td>\nBangladesh, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estimated number of speakers worldwide<\/strong><\/td>\n200m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language classification<\/strong><\/td>\nIndo-European; Indo-Iranian; Eastern Indo-Aryan; Oriya-Gauda-Kamrupa; Gauda-Banga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Related to which languages<\/strong><\/td>\nHindi, Urdu, Panjabi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distinctive features in sounds<\/strong><\/td>\nRetroflex sounds (articulated by moving the tongue towards the back of the hard palate); aspirate sounds (require bursts of breath for pronunciation); many diphthongs (combining two vowels in a single syllable) and back vowels (tongue is located very far back in the mouth)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distinctive features in grammar<\/strong><\/td>\nWords are inflected; the verb appears at the end of the sentence; location expressions (\u2018for\u2019, \u2018to\u2019) follow the noun; ergative language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Writing system<\/strong><\/td>\nEastern Nagari script – Bengali alphabet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Status<\/strong><\/td>\nOfficial language of Bangladesh, regional language in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n221,403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in Greater Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n16,946<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in City of Manchester (Census (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n3,114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in Greater Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of persons identifying as \u201cmain language\u201d in City of Manchester as percentage of total in England & Wales (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\n1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proficiency in English, self-reported<\/strong><\/strong> in City of Manchester (Census 2011)*<\/strong><\/td>\nCan speak English very well (33%), Can speak English well (35%), Cannot speak English well (27%), Cannot speak English (5%)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in City of Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\nLongsight (939), Rusholme (626), Ardwick (265), Burnage (161), Gorton South (153)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in Greater Manchester (Census 2011)<\/strong><\/td>\nOldham (8,501), Tameside (2,116), Rochdale (2,006)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First language of pupils in Manchester schools (2015)<\/strong><\/td>\n1,380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution in City of Manchester schools (2015)<\/strong><\/td>\nBirchfields Primary (188), St Agnes C.E. Primary (134), Levenshulme High School (106), Stanley Grove Primary Academy (100), St John\u2019s C.E. Primary (83)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total interpreter requests in Manchester\u2019s GP practices (2014\/2015)<\/strong><\/td>\n632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Library loans (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n2,950<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Library acquisitions (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-4 interpreter requests (2012\/2013)<\/strong><\/td>\n910<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dialects of the language used in Manchester<\/strong><\/td>\nSylheti<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other home language common among speakers<\/strong><\/td>\nUrdu; Arabic as liturgical language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supplementary schools<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Percentages rounded to nearest whole number<\/p>\n

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