Bangla (বাংলা)
Bangla (bn, ben) is a world language. Wikidata records about 300M speakers. It is written in Bangla alphabet. It is an official language in 1 country, including Bangladesh.
Bengali uses its own script with conjunct characters; font support and line-breaking need testing.
Expect text translated from English into Bangla to grow by roughly 10–25%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 430,106 people aged 5+ speak Bangla at home (Census ACS), and 178,570 of them (42%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Bangla translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Bangla is official
- Bangladesh
Rates for Bangla translation
Bangla falls in our south & southeast asian band: roughly $0.06–$0.14 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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