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	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 (516 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 - LoveToKnow 1911
		Bengali is spoken in the province of Bengal proper, i.e.
		Bengali, on the other hand, throws the accent as far back as possible, and this produces the contracted forms which we observe in the colloquial language, the first syllable of a word being strongly accented, and the rest being hurried over.
		This modern literary Bengali arose early in the 10th century, as a child of the revival of Sanskrit learning in Calcutta, under the influence of the college Founded by the English in Fort William.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bengali (4248 words)

	Bengali
		Bengali (Bangla) belongs to the eastern group of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.
		Bengali is an inflected language, i.e., it uses prefixes and suffixes to mark grammatical relations and to form words.
		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.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/bengali.html (1136 words)

	Bengali language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা) 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 (বাংলা), a term that now has greater currency in English.
		Bengalis (then East Pakistanis) were initially agitated by a decision by the central Pakistani government to establish Urdu as the sole national language for all of Pakistan, despite the fact that Urdu was only a minority language spoken by the supposed elite class of what was then West Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bengali (4554 words)

	BENGALI - LoveToKnow Article on BENGALI (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bengali, on the other hand, throws the accent ~ar back as possible, and this produces the contracted forms ich we observe in the colloquial language, the first syllable a word being strongly accented, and the rest being hurried ~r.
		Bengali LiteratureThe oldest recognized writer in Bengali is the Vaishnava poet Capli Dgs, who flourished about the Literature end of the I4th or the beginning of the 15th century.
		This modern literary Bengali arose early in the I9th century, as a child of the revival of Sanskrit learning in Calcutta, under the influence of the college founded by the English in Fort William.
	66.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BENGALI.htm (4587 words)

	Virtual Bangladesh : Bengali
		Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language and evolved from Sanskrit.
		The struggle for Bengali gave impetus to the nascent Bengali nationalism which saw fruition in the advent of Bangladesh as a free nation after a nine month long War of Independence.
		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)

	Bengali - Language Directory (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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(বাঙালand#2496).
		Bengali is the official language of Bangladesh, administrative and official work in Bangladesh is carried out in Bengali.
		Other notable Bengali works of his are Gitanjali, a book of poems for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and many of his short stories and a few novels.
	www.geocities.com /language_directory/languages/bengali.htm (824 words)

	Bengali Matrimonial - Bengali Matrimonials, find your Jeevansathi - Shaadi.com
		Bengali Matrimonial - Bengali Matrimonials, find your Jeevansathi - Shaadi.com
		Shaadi.com: Bengali Matrimonials The No.1 Bengali Matrimonial Site Home
		I am 27, Hindu:Brahmin - Bengali, 5' 3", Not working, from India
	www.shaadi.com /matrimonials/bengali-matrimonial (177 words)

	Bengali and Assamese Fonts: South Asian Language and Resource Center
		Bengali and Assamese Fonts: South Asian Language and Resource Center
		Compatible with the new Unicode 4.1.0 implementation of Bengali.
		There is currently no built-in Bengali support in OS X. However, Ekushey.com currently offers a free system-wide Unicode Bangla solution for OS X, which includes two keyboards and two fonts.
	salrc.uchicago.edu /resources/fonts/available/bengali (863 words)

	UCLA Language Materials Project Language Profiles Page
		Bengali is written in its own script, an orthographic offshoot of the Brahmi script that was used in east India during the reign of the Guptas.
		The majority of Bengali words are trochaic, that is, the primary stress falls on the initial syllable of a word, with secondary stress falling on all odd-numbered syllables thereafter.
		Bengali is recognized as an official language in Bangladesh and in the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.
	www.lmp.ucla.edu /Profile.aspx?LangID=84&menu=004 (987 words)

	Bengali Cuisine
		In the orthodox Bengali ranna bari (cookhouse), fish and vegetables were cooked over separate fires, rice over another and meat, if cooked at all was done in a portable bucket fire outside the kitchen.
		These Bengali sweets have come down the ages but the one Bengali sweet that is popular all over the world is a relatively new creation.
		Bengalis eat everything with their fingers, as they believe that nothing is better than one’s own sensitive fingers to pick out the bones of fish like Hilsa.
	www.indianvisit.com /ivnew/thecountry/culture/bengalicuisine.htm (1147 words)

	Bengali language
		Bengali is the language spoken by almost all the population of Bangladesh, and the neighboring Indian state of West Bengal.
		Bengali is an English word meaning both the language and the people speaking the language; in Bengali the language is called Bangla and the people are called Bangali.
		During the period 1947-1971, when Eastern Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) was a colony 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.wordlookup.net /be/bengali-language.html (750 words)

	Bengali
		It is the essence and pride of all Bengalis, no matter where they reside and for however many years they have been away from West Bengal (India) or Bangladesh, the two places where it is spoken as a native language.
		Bengali is more than a language for it opens the door to a whole vista of rich cultural material, that is both traditional and contemporary.
		For this language, whose origins lie in the middle of the tenth century, allows one to simultaneously explore the ancient traditions as well as appreciate the prevailing trends of a community of people who hold onto their traditional values, but at the same time are eager to explore new paths in diverse directions.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~wheelerm/bengali.htm (514 words)

	Marriage : Marriage Bengali : Marriage ceremony : Bengali Culture : Bengali
		Bengali marriages are a mixture of pure custom, tradition and religious beliefs.
		Bengali marriage is a mixture of culture, tradition and rituals.It consists of numerous customs, mainly traditional, performed by the women of the house, for the new couple.
		The Bengali marriage ceremony like all other marriages are dependant upon numerous symbols that signifies good and evil, purity and sanctity, sexuality and other aspects of life.
	www.bangalinet.com /bengali_marriage.htm (458 words)

	Bengali Lesson 1Ukindia
		Bengali is a very poetic and popular language of the subcontinent.
		It is the mother tongue of Bangladesh and of West Bengal and is also spoken in immigrant communities in the West.
		But my point is: the distinction between short and long has been lost in Bengali, and speakers make no distinction unless they consciously try to force the spelling back on to the pronunciation, which yields an artificial sound.
	www.ukindia.com /zip/zben01.htm (831 words)

	Bangla / Bengali Resources - bicn.com
		By the eminent Bengali linguist William Radice of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
		This is the title of a new Bengali language text by Hanne-Ruth Thompson, published by Bangla Academy, Dhaka (344pp, March 1999).
		To demonstrate this: If you ask a Bengali speaker what pregnant means in Bengali he will probably tell you gorbhohoti; but when he talks with his wife he will undoubtedly say pete bacca (a baby in the womb).
	www.bicn.com /bangladesh/bangla (331 words)

	Learn more about Bengali poetry in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Vedic Age, Bengal (then known as Banga) was famous for its anti-Nordic exploits; and hence was almost free from all Vedic cultures.
		However, modern Bengali owes as much to Sanskrit just as much it owes to the antagonists' culture and language.
		Like the society that thrived to populate the modern Bengal, Bengali language and culture appears to be a perfect amalgam of almost unanalysable elements.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/be/bengali_poetry.html (315 words)

	SIM People Group Profile: Bengali
		Their language is a Muslim dialect of Bengali, the sixth largest language group in the world.
		Bengalis live in one of the wettest geographical areas on earth: a huge delta created by the mighty rivers flowing down from the Himalayan Mountains to the north.
		Another Bengali, Musharrag Husain, wrote the play, "The Landlord Exposed," which is thought to be the first drama of social consciousness written by a Muslim.
	www.sim.org /PG.asp?pgID=66&fun=1 (686 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Bengali (Teach Yourself Languages S.) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Teach Yourself Bengali is the course for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing Bengali with confidence.
		Designed for learners beginning Bengali or those who wish to brush up their knowledge, this course helps users progress from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing Bengali with confidence.
		Bengali stands sixth in the world in its number of speakers, has the richest and most developed literature in South Asia and is the national language of Bangladesh and the state language of West Bengal.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0340860308 (769 words)

	AncientScripts.com: Bengali
		Bengali is a Nagari-derived script that appeared in eastern South Asia around the 11th century CE.
		The old Bengali script (11th century CE) is also the parent to many other scripts of eastern India, such as Oriya, Manipuri, and Maithili.
		The Bengali script is used to languages in eastern India such as Bengali, Assamese, and Manipuri.
	www.ancientscripts.com /bengali.html (110 words)

	OHCHR: Bengali () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It belongs to the Indo-European family, Indic group, and is spoken by over 120 million people in Bangladesh and over 68 million in India, in the province known as West Bengal.
		The former is the traditional literary style based on Middle Bengali of the 16th century, the latter is a creation of this century, based on the cultivated form of the dialect spoken in Calcutta by educated people.
		The Bengali script, in its present printed form, took shape in 1778.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/bng.htm (156 words)

	To speak or not to speak Bengali
		Even the procedures of lower courts and district courts are to be written in Bengali.
		He commented that this will force the anglicised Bengali community to know the marvel that is Bengali literature.
		Bengalis would once again return to the era of Raghu Dakat, Buro Aangla, Dashyu Mohan etc. The rich tradition of Bengali literature would come to the fore.
	www.bengalonthenet.com /community/misc/speak.shtml (514 words)

	Calcuttaweb - Bengali Cinema / Film / Movies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Bengali movie was "Billwamangal" in 1919 which happened to be a silent movie.
		Bankim Chandra was a popular Bengali novelist whose several works were adapted in films, like, Durgeshnandini, Krishnakanter Will etc. The first popular hero in Bengali film was probably Pramathesh Barua, who was a director too.
		The first Bengali talkie, Dena Paona was released in 1931, directed by Premankur Atarthi and produced by New Theatres.
	www.calcuttaweb.com /cinema/cinema.shtml (838 words)

	Bengali Translation - Translate Bengali Language Translator
		LeoSam Translations's Bengali translation teams are professional linguists performing translation from English to Bengali and Bengali to English for a variety of documents in various industries including:
		Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay was a supremely well-respected author and complex Bengali stylist and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is most famous for writing India's unofficial national song, "Bande Mataram" (pronounced in Hindi "Vande Mataram").
		Seminal Hindu religious works in Bengali include the many songs of Ramprasad Sen. His works (still sung today in West Bengal) from the 17th century cover an astonishing range of emotional responses to Ma Kali, detailing complex philosophical statements based on Vedanta teachings and more visceral prouncements of his love of Devi.
	www.translation-services-usa.com /languages/bengali.shtml (1181 words)

	Proposal for addition of Bengali letters.
		BENGALI LETTER WA These letters are being proposed as part of a series of proposals aimed at bringing the Bengali code block in line with the Devanagari and Oriya block.
		Bengali has equivalent letters to these, and so they can be placed at the equivalent positions in the Bengali block.
		The sequence 'Vowel+Virama+Ya...' is illogical to scholars of Bengali and indeed Indic languages in general.
	www.exnet.btinternet.co.uk /uniprop/ae_bng.htm (1327 words)

	Microsoft, varsity develop Bengali operating system:- - Science News - Webindia123.com
		Work on developing the software - for which Microsoft will provide technical help and the university the Bengali language database - is on in full swing in Kolkata and Bangalore.
		Basu said it was hoped that the Bengali operating system would hit the market in three years' time - the development of which is expected to be welcomed by the state government that has been stressing on the use of Bengali in official work and promoting the use of computers.
		E-governance and promoting the use of computers are also part of the state's overall thrust in developing the information technology industry.
	news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=68603&n_date=20050223&cat=Science (371 words)

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