Noakhali language
| Noakhali | |
|---|---|
| নোয়াখাইল্লা | |
| Noakhailla | |
| Native to | Bangladesh & India |
| Region | Greater Noakhali, southern Tripura |
| Ethnicity | Bengali |
| Dialects | Chatkhili |
| Bengali script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oak |
| Glottolog | noak1234 |
Map of where Noakhali is spoken | |
Noakhali or Noakhalian, endonym Noakhailla (নোয়াখাইল্লা), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 7 million people, primarily in the Greater Noakhali region of Bangladesh, as well as in southern parts of Tripura in India. Outside of these regions, there are substantial numbers of Noakhali speakers in other parts of Bangladesh and a diaspora population in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.
Noakhali has no presence in formal settings, neither in Bangladesh nor India, though its standardisation has been proposed.