The subject he was teaching in elementary school was Bengali. 他在小学教的科目是孟加拉语。
Language: the official language is Bengali. English is also used widely. 语言:官方语言为孟加拉语,英语也通用。
Yunus,65, founded the Grameen Bank, which means" rural bank" in Bengali, in1976. 尤努斯,65岁,1976年在孟加拉创办格莱珉银行,意思是“农业银行”。
bengali
[ noun ]
(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)
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an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India
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a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
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of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
<adj.pert> Bengali hills
Bengalee \Ben*gal"ee\, Bengali \Ben*gal"i\, prop. n. The language spoken in Bengal.
Bengali \Bengali\ prop. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the Bengali language; as, Bengali poetry. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bangladesh (formerly Bengal) or its inhabitants; as, Bengali hills. [WordNet 1.5]
Mohammad Ali, a survivor, was quoted as telling the Bengali daily newspaper Ittefaq that out of nearly 300 passengers, between 60 to 70 swam to shore.
Bengali is the main language of Bangladesh, formerly called East Pakistan.
His novels are less well known but have a wide following among Bengali readers.
About 25 million people in the nation of 110 million smoke, according to the group, Adhunik, which means "modern" in the Bengali language.
He translated his reply from English to Bengali for villagers who crowded around.
One asked out loud in Bengali if anyone had even a faint prospect for a job back home. "No!" all shouted in unison.
In a separate report, the paper said police recovered the bullet-ridden bodies of two Moslem Bengali women in the same district.
The Chakmas, Tripuras and at least 11 other tribes made up more than 90 percent of the Chittagong Hills' population 40 years ago. Diluted by an influx of Bengali settlers in the past decade, they now comprise only 60 percent by government estimates.