How well do you know Bangladesh's dialects?

Ten questions in Chittagonian, Noakhailla, Sylheti, Barishali or the Mymensingh dialect. Make a picture of your score and challenge a friend. No account needed.

Which region's dialect?

• Chittagonian: The tongue of mezbani, hills and sea
• Noakhailla: The tongue of the Meghna coast
• Sylheti: The tongue of tea gardens and haors
• Barishali: Paddy, rivers and canals: that is Barishal
• Mymensingh dialect: The tongue of the Mymensingh ballads

• Mixed game
• Your accent
• Dialect passport

Sources and credits

Most of the words come from two open research datasets, both published under CC BY 4.0.

Vashantor: Faria et al. (2023), Mendeley Data. Sentences in the dialects of Chattogram, Noakhali, Sylhet, Barishal and Mymensingh.

ONUBAD: Nusrat Sultana, Rumana Yasmin, Bijon Mallik and Mohammad Shorif Uddin (2024), Mendeley Data. Words, phrases and sentences in the dialects of Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal.

What changed: spellings aligned, some rows left out, corrections by people of each region, and the questions made by this site.