Bangladesh

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Official Name
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Population Full

162,651,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Bengali
Literacy Rate
74% (2018 World Factbook)
International Conventions
CPPDCE (2007), CSICH (2009), ICCPR (2000), UNCRPD (2007)
General References
Campbell and King 2011, Comrie 1987, Hale 1982, Matisoff et al 1996, Voegelin and Voegelin 1977
Deaf Population
7,596,500
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for Bangladesh is 42. All are living languages. Of these, 36 are indigenous and 6 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 6 are institutional, 11 are developing, 13 are vigorous, and 12 are in trouble. Also listed are 2 unestablished languages.