Spoken by over 200 million people worldwide, Bengali (Bangla) is an official language of Bangladesh and India. It is an Indo-Aryan language that descended from Sanskrit and has a rich thousand-year-old literary tradition. Ideal for those new to Bengali/Bangla, learning at home or in the classroom, Beginner's Bengali (Bangla) with Online Audio includes: Introductory Unit 1 that clearly outlines basics of Bengali/Bangla sounds and script and serves as a key building block for subsequent chapters, Fourteen carefully-paced units, each chapter including practical grammar lessons, exercises and vocabulary, Answer key and helpful appendices including verb charts, numbers and kinship terms, Bengali-English and English-Bengali glossaries, Online MP3 audio files for free download featuring pronunciation by native speakers