It is worth noting that there is a principled reason that "Bangla" cannot
be the English name for Bengali, namely that in English language names
are not an independent lexical category. In many languages the names of
languages are expressions (derivatives, compounds, or phrases) meaning
"the langu
Incidentally, "Bangla" does not do a good job of rendering the Bengali
word in English for those who wish to adopt the Bengali word since
the obvious pronounciation is [bang-gla], whereas the Bengali word
is actually pronounced [bang-la], that is, with a velar nasal at the end
of the first syllabl
Actually, Bengali is called "Bangla" in Bengali but "Bengali" has been and
still is the usual English name, both in common usage and in sources
such as the Ethnolog. There is no disrespect in the English
name for a language or country not being the same as that used in that
language or country, as
>May I know, as per GOB standard, how many letters/symbols are required
>to write Bangladeshi?
There's no such language. The principal language of Bangladesh is Bengali,
the same language and writing system as used in the Indian state of
West Bengal.
Bill
>a letter to The Times from someone who, seriously,
>felt that it would also be a good time to switch to teaching duodecimal
>arithmetic in the schools.
Many years ago, when I took Number Theory from the late, wonderful N.
James Schoonmaker, he spent some time advocating the virtues of duodecima
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