Beens

{{short description|Indo-Aryan community}}

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{{infobox ethnic group

| group = Beens

| population = 5,000

| region1 = {{flag|Bangladesh}}

| popplace = Srimangal (Bangladesh) - 5,000

| langs = Bengali and Hindi

| religions = Hinduism

| related_groups = Indo-Aryan peoples

}}

The Been people ({{langx|bn|বীন}}, {{langx|hi|बीन}}), also known as Bind ({{langx|bn|বিন্দ}}),{{cite news|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/columns/opinion/358737/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF|title=আমাদের 'আদিবাসী' ভাষা ও সাহিত্য|language=bn|author=Anisur Rahman|date=13 Nov 2018|website=Bangla Tribune}} are a Hindi-speaking community that live in Srimangal, Bangladesh. They were transported to the Sylhet region in the nineteenth century by the British in order to work as tea garden labourers - an occupation which they continue to live by today. They are originally from the border region between West Bengal and Bihar. They are Hindus and maintain a distinct identity in addition to their Bangladeshi national identity, due to cultural, linguistic, geographical and historical reasons. Many have adopted the Bengali language; although only 10% of the community are actually literate in the language.{{cite Banglapedia|article=Been|author=Jengcham, Subhas}}