<page_title> List of languages by number of native speakers </page_title> <section_title> Ethnologue (2019, 22nd edition) </section_title> <table> <cell> 6 <col_header> Rank </col_header> </cell> <cell> Bengali <col_header> Language </col_header> </cell> </table>
Bengali is counted as the sixth most spoken native language in the world.