A Grammar of the Bengal Language
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Author | Nathaniel Brassey Halhed |
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Original title | A Grammar of the Bengal Language |
Language | English |
Subject | Bengali grammar |
Published | 1778 |
Publication place | Bengal Presidency |
Media type | Printed |
Pages | 217 (first edition) |
OCLC | 457571405 |
Preceded by | A Code of Gentoo Laws (1776) |
A Grammar of the Bengal Language is a 1778 modern Bengali grammar book written in English by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed.[1] This is the first grammar book of the Bengali language.[2][3] The book, published in 1778, was probably printed from the Endorse Press in Hooghly, Bengal Presidency.[4]
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[edit]- ^ MA Qayyum (2012). "Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Muhammad Shafiq Hussain (18 February 2007). "The Birth of Bengali language". The Daily Star. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "History of Bengali language". bengalitranslation.net. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ Ghulam Moinuddin (December 1985). "Bengali Books: Early publication". Boi [Book] (in Bengali). Bangla Academy. p. 16. ISBN 984-07-2928-4.
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- Bengali Language Collection — National Library of India
- Earliest printed books in select languages, Part 2: 1501–1897 — Britannica