It is one of the most widely adopted writing systems in the world (used by over 265 million people). The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet ( Bengali: বাংলা বর্ণমালা, Bangla bôrṇômala, Meitei: বেঙ্গলি ময়েক, romanized: Bengali Mayek ) is the alphabet used to write the Bengali language based on the Bengali-Assamese script, and has historically been used to write Sanskrit within Bengal.
