Benchmarking Bengali Dialect Identification: A Comparative Study of Machine Learning, DNN, and Transformer Architectures

Md. Shohanur Rahman Shohan: Data analysis, Software, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft. Md Habibur Rahman: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – reviewing, editing, and Supervision. Md Abbas Mahmud Suzon: Data curation, Validation, Writing –review and editing. Sabrina Ferdous: helped in the preparation of the tables and figures. Md Shofiqul Islam: Review and Editing, Md Aktaruzzaman: Review and Editing.