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The people of ancient Bengal initially spoke a Prakrit language, which was known as Magadhi, or on the contrary, Gaudi. [4] Later, it evolved into Old Bengali. Most Bengali-speaking people today consider Old Bengali to be intelligible to a certain extent, although most of the words most commonly used in modern Bengali have their roots in Old ...
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1774–1833) is a foundational figure in Bangla literature. He is remembered for his social reforms, but he also contributed to the spread of English by establishing it as a medium of education and as the first moral essayist of BEL.
The first attempt to compile a Bengali encyclopedia was undertaken by Felix Carey (1786–1822), who was the son of Reverend William Carey (1761–1834) of Serampore and the first lexicographer of the Burmese language. In 1819, he began the translation of the fifth edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, naming it Vidyarthabali. From October 1819 ...
Bangla Medium is an Indian Bengali language drama television series which premiered from 12 December 2022 on Star Jalsha and also digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. It stars Tiyasha Lepcha , Neel Bhattacharya and Sampurna Lahiri as the leads.
The Unfinished Memoirs (Bengali: অসমাপ্ত আত্মজীবনী) is the autobiography by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the nations of Bangladesh. Background [ edit ]
There is a Sinhala translation of this song by the name "Mage Deshaya Avadi Karanu Mana Piyaneni" (Sinhala: මාගේ දේශය අවදි කරනු මැන පියාණෙනි; lit. "My father, let my country awake") which was translated into Sinhala by Mahagama Sekara.
Gunathilake Bandara Senanayake (14 July 1913 – 16 March 1985) (known as G.B Senanayake) (Sinhala: ජී.බී. සේනානායක) was a prominent Sinhala author who portrayed Sinhala middle-class life in his novels. He is credited with introducing free verse poetry to Sinhala. He became blind later in his life and still managed to ...
The Sylheti language, which some consider as a dialect of Bengali, [20] while many linguists consider it as a distinct language, [21] is central to Sylheti identity. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Its unique phonetic qualities and vocabulary often make it unintelligible to standard Bengali speakers, which contributes to a sense of separateness among Sylhetis.