Bengali (/ bɛnɡɔːli /), oo sidoo kale loo yaqaano Bangla (UK: / bʌŋlɜːr /; বাংলা), waa luqad Indo-Aryan ku hadasha Koonfurta Aasiya. Waa luqadda rasmiga ah ee ugu ballaaran ee Bangladesh, halka kan labaadna looga hadlo 22 luqadood oo ah jadwalka Hindiya, oo ka dambeeya Hindi. Luuqada rasmiga ah ee rasmiga ah ee Bangladesh waa bangiga casriga ah ee Bengali (Bariishal). Waxay u adeegtaa sida lingua franca ee qaranka, iyadoo 98% Bangladeshis ay si fiican ugu hadli jireen Bengali (oo ay ku jiraan lahjadaha) sida luqadooda koowaad. Gudaha India, Bengali waa luqadda rasmiga ah ee gobolada West Bengal, Tripura iyo dooxada Barak ee gobolka Assam. Waxaa sidoo kale laga hadlay qeybo kala duwan oo ka mid ah dooxada Brahmaputra ee Assam. Sidoo kale waa luqada ugu badan ee lagu hadlo ee ku yaalla xuduudaha Andaman iyo Nicobar ee Bay of Bengal, waxayna ku hadlaan beelaha laga tirada badan yahay ee gobollada kale oo ay ka mid yihiin Jharkhand, Bihar, Mizoram, Meghalaya, iyo Odisha. Qiyaastii 250-300 milyan wadarta guud ee ku hadla adduunka oo dhan, Bengali waxaa badanaa lagu tiriyaa sida ugu badan ee lagu hadlo afafka hooyo ee dunida ugu weyn.