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	Bengali
		Bengali (Bangla) belongs to the eastern group of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.
		Bengali is written with a syllabic alphabet in which all consonants have an inherent vowel which is not always predictable, and sometimes, is not pronounced at all.
		Bengali is a Category II language in terms of difficulty for speakers of English.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/bengali.html (1136 words)

	Bengali
		BENGALI - The national language of Bangladesh is spoken by nearly 200,000,000 worldwide.
		Bengali belongs to the easternmost branch, called Aryan or Indo-Iranian, of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Sanskrit was the spoken as well as the literary language of Aryandom until circa 500 B.C., after which it remained for nearly two thousand years the dominant literary languages as well as the lingua franca among the cultured and the erudite throughout the subcontinent.
	www.flw.com /languages/bengali.htm (128 words)

	Bengali language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ['baŋla]) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit.
		Bengali is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
		Bengali is the national and official language of Bangladesh and one of the 23 national languages recognised by the Union of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bengali_language (4101 words)

	Virtual Bangladesh : Bengali
		Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language and evolved from Sanskrit.
		Like Sanskrit, Apabhramsa-Avahattha was a literary language, and in the available records it shows remarkably little local variation; practically the same form of the language appears in the poems written in Gujrat and in Bengal.
		For old Bengali the only records are mystic carya songs discovered in a MS from Nepal by Haraprasad Shastri.The language of the carya songs is basically vernacular, but at the same time it is also something of a literary language.
	www.virtualbangladesh.com /bd_bangla.html (638 words)

	Wikinfo \| Bengali language
		Bangla(বাঙলা) or Bengali is the language spoken by the populations of Bangladesh and the neighboring state of West Bengal in India.
		Bengali is an English word referring to both the language and the people speaking the language; in Bengali the language is called Bangla, (বাঙলা) now more widely used in international arena and became english word as well as the origin and the people are called Bangali(বাঙালী).
		During the period 1947-1971, when Eastern Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) was part of Pakistan, the Bengali language became the focus and foundation of the national identity of the people of East Bengal, leading ultimately to the creation of the sovereign state of Bangladesh.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Bengali (1277 words)

	Anup Mukherjee / Bengali Language: A Brief Introduction / i3pep.org * india point
		Bengali language is the mother tongue of the people of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
		Bengali language belongs to the eastern group of Indo-Aryan languages.
		The Bengali language of Later Middle Period is represented by ‘Mangal Kavya’.
	www.i3pep.org /archives/2003/11/03/bengali-language-a-brief-introduction (1016 words)

	Bengali alphabet, pronunciation and language
		The Bengali alphabet is derived from the Brahmi alphabet.
		The former is the traditional literary style based on Middle Bengali of the sixteenth century, while the later is a 20th century creation and is based on the speech of educated people in Calcutta.
		The Bengali alphabet is a syllabic alphabet in which consonants all have an inherent vowel which has two different pronunciations, the choice of which is not always easy to determine and which is sometimes not pronounced at all.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/bengali.htm (526 words)

	Bengali - Language Directory
		Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal by approximately 190 million people.
		Bengali distinguishes four to six cases, depending on whether the word inflected represents a rational or a nonrational being or thing.
		Bengali is an English word referring to both the language and the people speaking the language; in Bengali the language is called Bangla, now more widely used in the international arena, whereas the people are called Bangali.
	language-directory.50webs.com /languages/bengali.htm (493 words)

	The Bengali Language and Translation
		Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit.
		Bengali is the English word for the name of the language as well as for its speakers; in Bengali, the language itself is called Bangla.
		Assamese (language of Assam), Oriya (language of Orissa), and Bengali are considered by some to be nearly mutually intelligible; some local dialects of one language bear a striking resemblance to one or more dialects of the other two languages.
	www.kwintessential.co.uk /translation/articles/bengali-language.html (1061 words)

	Overview of Bengali language and literature
		Bengali (Bangla bhasha) is one of the official languages of India, mainly spoken in the states of West Bengal and Tripura.
		It is said to have emerged as a separate language in around 1000 A.D. The Bengali literature found its base on poetry.
		This description excludes many of the stalwarts of Bengali literature (specially in the contemporary time) and is only a very short introduction to the great language.
	geocities.com /aboltabol_new/overview.htm (677 words)

	Bengali Language,official Language of Bengal,Regional Languages of Bengal,Mother Tongue of Bengal
		Bengali Language,official Language of Bengal,Regional Languages of Bengal,Mother Tongue of Bengal
		Bengali or Bangla as a Bengali would say, is also a member of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Madhusudan was the first Bengali poet to write in blank verse and combined western influences into the essence Indian literature.
	www.indiasite.com /language/bengali.html (916 words)

	Bengali Language, History of Bengali language, History of Bengali, Bengali Literature, Bengali Dictionary, Bengali ...
		Bengali or Bangla, language belonging to the Indic group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages.
		Bengali is the main language spoken in Bangladesh.
		Bangladesh is ethnically homogeneous, with 98% of the population being Bengalis, though Bengalis are a heterogeneous and physically diverse ethnic group.
	www.nriol.com /bengali-page.asp (319 words)

	Bengali Language: General Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bengali is the official language of Bangladesh and one of the 22 official languages of India, where it is spoken in the state of West Bengal.
		Bengali belongs to the Indo-European family of languages and is related to other North Indian languages such as Assamese and Oriya.
		Bengali ranks as the fifth most spoken language in the world, with over 200 million speakers in Bangladesh, India, the Middle East, and North America.
	polaris.gseis.ucla.edu /abose/289-1.htm (203 words)

	Roots of the Bengali language
		Bengali is a language of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
		This language already shows effect of a substratum/adstratum which gave rise to most of its agricultural terms, names of wild plants and animals, and such phenomena as the retroflex consonants.
		In addition, Bengali absorbed from the Farsi, Turkic and Arabic languages under the muslim rulers and English under the British.
	members.tripod.com /~tanmoy/bengal/language.html (554 words)

	Seasons India :: Literature in Bengali Language - Writers
		Bengali novel originated from Bankimchandra, Tagore modernised it and Saratchandra set the trends of realism and protest in it.
		His last complete novel Ses Prasna (The Final Question, 1931) is an attempt at the 'intellectual' novel where the meager theme is inflated by high brow talks on problems of the individual and of the society relating principally to love and marriage.
		Considered one of the boldest of Bengali female writers since late 1950s, Mahasweta Devi wrote novels and short stories based on historical subjects as also on topics of social and political relevance.
	www.seasonsindia.com /art_culture/lit_bengali_sea.htm (1103 words)

	Bengali Lanaugage
		Bengali is spoken in West Bengal of India.
		Bengali Speakers: In addition to Bangladesh, Bengali is spoken in India, Nepal, Singapore, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
		Some vowel merges were introduced in the spoken language which does not have a completely phonemic orthography.
	www.online-languagetranslators.com /bengali_language.htm (335 words)

	Info on Assamese Language
		He wrote in the introduction to the "Grammatical Notes on the Assamese Language" published in 1846: "The Assamese is often regarded as merely a corrupt form of the Bengali, by persons who become acquainted with the language previous to their arrival in Assam.
		The opinion that the present language of Bengali is the parent of Assamese is reconcocilable with facts...In fact the Assamese pronunciation of words derived from Sanskrit is such as to render the supposition of a Bengali origin entirely admissible.
		For example, he compares Assamese and Bengali regarding how genetive (possessive) case, locative case, past conditional forms of verbs (`heten'), infinitive forms of verbs, etc., and show that the two languages are so different that Assamese could not have been derived from Bengali.
	www.assam.org /assam/language/assamese_lang_info.html (1021 words)

	Bengali (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bengali, or the Eastern New Indo-Aryan language, is the official language of Bangladesh and is spoken by approximately 110 million people.
		Bengali was formed from the Magadhi Apabhramsa, between AD 100 and 1200.
		The Bengali literature is also replete with folklore such as the Songs of Bauls, or wandering minstrels, and the Yatras, the nocturnal celebrations of the Hindu gods and goddesses.
	si.unm.edu /linguistics/bengali/BENGALI.HTM (1003 words)

	Bengali Translation - Translate Bengali Language Translator
		Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা Bāṇlā) is an Indo-Aryan language of South Asia that evolved as a successor to the Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit languages.
		Bengali is the English word for the name of the language and for its speakers; in Bengali, the language itself is called Bangla (pronounced: IPA: /'baŋla/), a term that now has greater currency in English.
		As a result of the Bengal renaissance in the 19th and 20th centuries, much of India's most famous literature, poetry, and lyrics are in Bangla; the works of Rabindranath Tagore (the first Asian to be awarded a Nobel Prize), for example, are in Bangla.
	www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/bengali.shtml (365 words)

	Bengali Dictionary, Bengali Kids, Bengali Learn, Bengali Movies/Videos, Bengali Software - Mac, Bengali Software - ...
		Bengali is spoken in the region known as Bengal, lying both in India and in the new nation of Bangladesh.
		Bengali, like Hindi, is descended from Sanskrit, and is thus of the Indo-European family.
		Bengali literature is dominated by the towering figure of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Bengali.htm (358 words)

	Bengali Translation Service - English to Bengali Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		You probably don't speak Bengali yourself, so there are a few questions you'll need to consider when choosing a translation company.
		Language is a living thing it develops and changes constantly.
		Languages or dialects in the Bengali group according to Grierson: Central (Standard) Bengali, Western Bengali (Kharia Thar, Mal Paharia, Saraki), Southwestern Bengali, Northern Bengali (Koch, Siripuria), Rajbanshi, Bahe, Eastern Bengali (East Central, including Sylhetti), Haijong, Southeastern Bengali (Chakma), Ganda, Vanga, Chittagonian (possible dialect of Southeastern Bengali).
	www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/bengali_translation.shtml (489 words)

	Bengali electronic dictionary and language translators. Bengali - other languages dictionaries.
		Bengali TL-2Be is the most revolutionary English and Bengali translation handheld in the world.
		By speaking a word in a foreign language into the device until the machine recognizes it lets you practice using natural native-speaker models.
		Allows a device to be used in many different languages, restoring the ease of use that is often lost when navigating in a foreign language.
	dictionaries.ectaco.com /bengali.html (1135 words)

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