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A Grammar of the Bengal Language
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HALHED,Nathaniel Brassey

The language of Bangladesh, West Bengal and parts of Tripura and Assam, Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language originating from Sanskrit. With over 230 million speakers, it is the sixth most spoken language in the world today. Published in 1778, this was one of the first grammars of Bengali ever compiled. The English orientalist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (1751–1830) prepared the work during his emp…

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9781139519878
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Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
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