5/24/2023 0 Comments History of bangla languageProblem with those kinds of evidence based historical analysis is, those are based on very limited evidences - those kinds of evidences do not last for centuries. During colonialist period, a section of European academicians took effort to prove the origin of Bengali language and its script to be somewhere in Europe or Asian territories adjacent to Europe. And verbal language practice does not leave ‘evidence’ for historians. History of languages tells that the grammar and script associated to a language usually develop long after the verbal usage of a language starts. But a language does not necessarily develop along with a script. True that oldest example of Bengali script is found about one thousand years back - there are manuscripts and inscriptions to support that. The geographical boundary of Bengal before Christ is obviously not very clear to us! This tells us of the presence of distinct script for language spoken in Bengal even before the birth of Christ. When some of the historians come with an idea that Bengali language was born one thousand years back, we may recall the reference of Buddhists text Lalitavistar which claims that Buddhadev learned scripts of Anga, Banga, Brahmi, Saurastri and Māgadhi. ![]() We cannot expect the birth of a language associated to a particular date same way. When did Bengali emerge as a language? History books speak of heroes emerging in particular period during the course of human civilization.
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