Magadhi Prakrit and Pali, the earliest recorded spoken languages in the region and the language of the Buddha, evolved into the Jain Prakrit or Ardhamagadhi 'Half Magadhi' in the early part of the first millennium CE. Like other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Bengali arose from the eastern Middle Indo-Aryan languages of the Indian subcontinent. The day has since been observed as Language Movement Day in Bangladesh, and was proclaimed the International Mother Language Day by UNESCO on 17 November 1999.

In former East Bengal (today Bangladesh), the strong linguistic consciousness led to the Bengali Language Movement, during which on 21 February 1952, several people were killed during protests to gain its recognition as a state language of the then Dominion of Pakistan and to maintain its writing in the Bengali script. With a rich literary tradition arising from the Bengali Renaissance, Bengali binds together a culturally diverse region and is an important contributor to Bengali nationalism. All the Indo-Aryan languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya/Odia, Assami are called the daughters of Sanskrit.For counter-views regarding such deterministic linear history that leads to historicism(see Althusser), one may browse some different articles.

It is now the primary language spoken in Bangladesh and is the second most commonly spoken language in India. The National song and the National anthem of India, and the National anthem of Bangladesh were composed in Bengali.Īlong with other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Bengali evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. With about 193 million native and about 230 million total speakers, Bengali is one of the most spoken languages (ranked sixth) in the world. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. Which Indian state has the largest population?īharoter kon rajjer sob teke besi jonsonkha?īengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. Tara samabes er jonno kano derite esechilo? Khullaam( I opened), khullo (he/they opened) Ese chilaam (I came) ,ese chilo (he/ they came)Īasbo(I will come)/ aasbe (he, they will come)

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