id: "Beng"
name: "Bangla"
family: "Indic"
summary: "Bangla (Bengali, Bengali-Assamese, <span class=\'autonym\'>বাংলা বর্ণমালা</span>) is an Indic abugida, written left-to-right (265 million users). Used in Bangladesh and India, for the Bengali language, and for other languages like Assamese, Kokborok, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Meitei Manipuri, Rabha, Maithili, Rangpuri, Sylheti, Santali and Sanskrit. Developed in the 11th century CE. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping)."