A series of picture stories narrated in Bengali Bengali ( ), also known by its Bangla (:; বাংলা), is an primarily spoken by the in the. It is the official and most widely spoken language of and second most widely spoken of the 22, behind. The and of is Modern Standard Bengali (Literary Bengali). It serves as the of the nation, with 98% of Bangladeshis being fluent in Bengali (including dialects) as their. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of, and the in the state of. It is also spoken in different parts of the Brahmaputra valley of Assam.