Origin of bangalees bangladesh bangla language

Origin of bangalees bangladesh bangla language
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origin of bangalees bangladesh bangla language
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origin and identity of the people of bangladesh
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development trend of the name of bangladesh
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chronological development trend of bangla language

1. Development trend of the name of Bangladesh,Origin and
Identity of the People of Bangladesh &
History of the BanglaLanguage
Daffodil International University (DIU)
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2. A. Origin & Identity of the People of Bangladesh
AnthropologistsagreethatBangladeshhashistoricallybeenalandofmany
races.LongbeforethearrivaloftheAryansinthe5
th
and6
th
centuriesB.C.,the
Bangaleeswerealreadyraciallymixed.Itissaidthattheoriginofhumanbeings
isAfrica,butthatsomeofthematfirstmovedintothenorthernpartoftheMiddle
Eastandthendispersedacrosstheworld.
ThemainreasonsforcomingtoBengalwerefirstthezealtoconquerand
occupyanewregion,andthesecondwastodobusinessinthewealthyand
prosperousBengalandthirdwasenvironmental.
ThegroupsofthepeoplewhowenttoSouth-EastAsiahadcrossedthelandof
Bangladeshmorethanfiftythousandyearsago.Thesepeopledeveloped
languages,knownasAustricLanguageswiththeirnameAustricorAustro-
Asiaticpeople.ThesepeopleenteredBangladeshseveralthousandyearsago
fromSouth-EastAsia.Nearaboutthesametimeorlatersomeotherpeople,
whomwenowclassifyasMongoloidalsoenteredtheterritoriesofBangladesh
fromtheEastandspreadmainlyintotheuplandsandhillyareas.
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3. Origin and Identity of the People of Bangladesh
AccordingtoProf.HumayunAzad
1.VaddarafromSri-Lanka
2.MongoloidfromeastpartofAsia
3.Indo-AryanpeoplefromtheNorthernpartsof
themiddle-eastandtheEasternpartsof
Europe.
4.ShakpeoplefromTurkistan
5.Persian,Arab,PathanandMughal
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AccordingtotheAnthropologist
1.Austro-Asiaticfromsoutheast
Asia
2.MongoloidfromeastpartofAsia
3.DravidianfromtheSouthernand
westernpartsofSouth-Asia
4.Indo-Aryanpeoplefromthe
Northernpartsofthemiddle-east
andtheeasternpartsofEurope.
5.Arabs,TurksandPathan

4. 1. Name of Bangladesh in Pre-Muslim Era (Up to 1203)
BeforethecomingofAryanspeoplesthenameourcountrywas‘Bang’.Bangwasthe
nameoftribalpeoplesofDravidianthosewhocamefromtheSouthernandwestern
partsofSouth-Asia.
DuringtheAryansera,especiallytheeraofJanapada,itwasrecognizedas‘Banga’.
ThelocationofBangawasintheeastandsoutheastportionofthepresentdayof
Bangladesh.Fromtheoldstoneinscription,welearnabouttwopartsofthisregion.
Oneofthemis‘Vikrampura’andtheotheris‘Navya’.Itissupposedthatthelow-lying
areasoftheFaridpur,BakergangandPatuakhaliwereincludedinthe‘Navya’region.
TheancientBangaJanapadawasapowerfulregion.Ithasbeenlearntfromthestone
inscriptionthatthereputed‘BangaRaj’andtheBangasoldierstookpartinmany
formidablebattles.
4B. Development Trend of the Name of Bangladesh

5. 2. Name of Bangladesh in Muslim Era (1203-1757)
I. Sultani Era (1338-1538)
Bangalahasaterritorialnamecametobeusedfromthe14thcentury
onwards,morespecificallyfromthetimeofSultanShamsuddinIliyasShah,
denotingtheterritorywhichnowcomprisesthemodernindependentstateof
BangladeshandtheIndianstateofWestBengal.ZiauddinBaraniwasthefirst
Muslimhistorianwhousedthetermsiqlim-i-bangalahordiyar-i-bangalah(by
whichhemeanteasternBengal).Shams-i-SirajAfif(1357)mentionedIliyas
Shahas'Shah-i-Bangalah','Sultan-i-Bangalah'and'Shah-i-Bangaliyan'
afterhehadconsolidatedhispoweroverwholeofBengalbybringing
Lakhnauti,SatgaonandSonargaonunderhissolecontrol.
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6. Name of Bangladesh in Muslim Era (1203-1757)
II. Mughal regime (1538-1757):
TheMughalsafterestablishingtheirsupremacy(1608)overtheregion
includedBangalahasasubah(province)whichcametobeknownasSubah-
i-Bangalah.AbulFazl,theMughalhistorianexplainedtheoriginofthename
thus:TheoriginalnameofBangalahwasBang.Itsformerrulersraised
moundsmeasuringtenyardsinheightandtwentyinbreadththroughout
theprovince,whichwerecalled‘al’.Fromthesuffix,thisnameBangalahtook
itsriseandcurrency.OnemaynotagreewiththeexplanationofAbulFazl,but
itisobviousthathemeantthat'Bangalah'originatedfrom'Bang',ie'Vanga'of
thepre-Muslimperiod.
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3. Name of Bangladesh in Post Muslim Era (up to 1971)
ThesamenameappearedinthePortugueserecordsas'Bengala'andthe
Englishmadeitfirstly‘Bengal’andin1905A.D.onthebasisof‘RizliPlan’,on
the16
th
October1905,LordCurzon,theViceroyofIndiabyadeclaration
dividedtheprovinceofBengalintotwoparts.Thiseventisknownasthe
PartitionofBengal.AccordingtothePartitionofBengal,theprovinceof
‘EasternBengal’andAssamwasformed,consistingofDhaka,Chittagong,
RajshahiDivisionsandAssam,Dhakabecamethecapitalofthenewprovince.
Ontheotherhand,theprovinceofWestBengalwasformed,consistingofWest
Bengal,BiharandOrissa,andKolkatawasmadeitscapital.
After1947,onthebasisofthe‘TwoNationTheory’itwasrecognizedinthe
worldas‘EastPakistan’upto1971intherecordofPakistanGovernment.
DuringthePakistanperiodfirstly,thepeopleaswellaspoliticiansofEast
Pakistandecidedtousethenameofourcountryas‘Bangladesh’on5
th
Dec’
1969.Ontheotherhandon10
th
April-1971,wedeclaredthe‘Government of
Bangladesh’ andsevendayslaterthisGovernmenttookitsoathas‘The
PeoplesRepublicofBangladesh’.FinallythedayofVictoryandon16
th
Dec’1972,constitutionallyweestablishedthenameofourcountryas
‘Bangladesh’.

8. C. History & Evolution of the Bangla Language
BanglaisaneasternIndo-Aryanlanguage.Itisnativetotheregionofeastern
SouthAsiaknownasBengal,whichcomprisespresentdayBangladesh,theIndian
stateofWestBengel,andpartsoftheIndianstatesofTripuraandAssam.Itis
writtenwiththeBengaliscript.Withnearly230milliontotalspeakers,Bengaliisone
ofthemostspokenlanguages(ranking4th)intheworldwherein1993itwas5th.

9. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
1. Before the Indo-Aryan language:
a)Austro-AsiaticLanguageslikeSantali(abola,acir-pacir,ador,algaetc),
Mundari(akal,akhir,amdani)andKhasi(ator,ain,babo,biskit)
b)Sino-TibetenlikeKachhari(akaj,ajalameansfoolish),Garo,Tripurietc.
c)DravidianandKol:Theirinfluenceisevidentnotonlyinthevocabularybutalso
intheconstructionofsentences.Alargenumberofonomatopoeicwords,repetitive
wordsandconjunctiveverbsinBanglarevealnon-Aryaninfluence;forexample,
wordssuchasghoda-toda(horsesetc),kapad-chopad(clothesetc),tuk-tuk,
khatkhat,khankha,dhandha,basiyapada(sittingdown),lagiyathaka(to
persevere),etc.ThereisplentyofDravidianandothernon-AryanwordsinBangla,
especiallyinplacenames,indicatingthatBanglapassedthroughmanystagesand
wasinfluencedbyvariousotherlanguages.

10. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
2. Indo-Aryan Language: Like other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, Bengali
arose from the eastern Middle Indic languages of the Indian subcontinent. Magadhi
Prakrit (200 BC) and Pali, the earliest recorded spoken languages in the region and
the language of the Buddha, evolved into Ardhamagadhi. Ardhamagadhi, as with all of
the Prakrits of North India, began to give way to what are called Apabhramsa
languages .The local Apabhramsa language of the eastern subcontinent, Purvi
Apabhramsa or Apabhramsa Abahatta, eventually evolved into regional dialects,
which in turn formed three groups: the Bihari languages, the Oriya languages, and the
Bengali-Assamese languages
HistoricallyclosertoPali,BengalisawanincreaseinSanskritinfluenceduringthe
MiddleBengali(Chaitanyaera),andalsoduringtheBengalRenaissance.Ofthe
modernIndo-EuropeanlanguagesinSouthAsia,BengaliandMarathimaintaina
largelyPali/Sanskritvocabularybase(useofSanskritwordsbysomeBengalipoets
suchasJaydev,UmapatidharaandGovardhanAcharya)whileHindiandothers
suchasPunjabi,SindhiandGujaratiaremoreinfluencedbyArabicandPersian.

11. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
UsuallythreeperiodsareidentifiedinthehistoryofBengali:
OldBengali(900-1200)—textsincludeCharyapada,devotionalsongs;
emergenceofpronounsAmi,tumi,etc.;verbinflections-ila,-iba,etc.
AssamesebranchoutinthisperiodandOriyajustbeforethisperiod.

12. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
MiddleBengali(1351–1800)—majortextsoftheperiod,Krittivas'
Ramayanhasbeencreditedtobeaclassic.Othernarrativepoems
includeSrikrishnavijayabyMaladharVasuandSrikrishnakirttanby
BaruChandidaswhichSpreadofcompoundverbs;Persian
influence.
NewBengali(since1801)—shorteningofverbsandpronouns,
amongotherchanges(e.g.tahar→tar"his"/"her";koriyachhilô→
korechhilo).

13. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
3.ContributionofMuslimpeople:
Fromthe13
th
centuryto15
th
century(ArabicwordslikeOkil,Kalam,
Dalal,Loksan,Khajna,Haloa,Maslaetc.Persianwords-Ain,Ajad,
Abdar,Romal,Bagan,GoandaandsomeTurkishwordslikeToshak,
Galicha,Daroga,Bibi,Lash,Chakor).
4.ContributionofPortuguese:
Duringthe16
th
CenturyPortuguesepeoplecameinourregionand
contributedforthedevelopmentofourlanguage.Atpresentsome
Portuguesewordsusedinourlanguagelike-Almary,Alkathra,Alpin,
Saban,Gosal,Balti,Nilametc.

14. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
5.Dutch,FrenchandEnglish:
IntheDutch,FrenchandEnglishstartedarrivinginBengal.Asa
result,words fromtheselanguagesstartedenteringBangla
vocabulary;forexample,fromtheFrench:cartouche,coupon,café,
restora;Dutch:hartan,iskaban,iskurup;English:table,chair,lord/lat,
general/jadrel,etc.
6.ContributionofWilliamCarey:
WiththestartofBritishruleinthe18thcenturyandthespreadof
Englisheducation,Banglastartedabsorbingincreasingnumbersof
Englishwords.InCALCUTTAin1801,theeffortsofitshead,WILLIAM
CAREY,andhisassociateBengalischolars,madeBangladepartment.

15. Chronological development trend of Bangla Language
7.Roleofsomekeypersons:
Duringthe19thcentury,theeffortsofBengaliwriterscontributedtothe
furthergrowthofthelanguage.AmongthemwereRAJARAMMOHUN ROY,
BHABANICHARAN BANDYOPADHYAY,ISWARCHANDRAVIDYASAGAR,BANKIMCHANDRA
CHATTOPADHYAY,MICHAELMADHUSUDAN DUTTandMIRMOSHARRAF HOSSAIN.The
20thcenturywitnessedtheelevationofcolloquialBanglatoawrittenliterary
mediumthroughtheworkofmanytalentedwriterssuchasRABINDRANATH
TAGOREandPRAMATHACHOWDHURY.
Finally,throughthestudyofaparticulardictionary,SunitikumarChatterji,
takingJNANEDRA MOHANDAS'sBangalaBhasharAbhidhanintoaccount,
showedthatBanglahas51.45percenttadbhavawords,44.00percent
tatsamawords,3.30percentPerso-Arabicwordsand1.25percentfrom
English,PortugueseandotherlanguageswhereJnanendraMohanDas's
lexiconhasaround150,000words.

16. Chapter Related Questions
Discuss the development trend of the name of Bangladesh.
What was the name of Bangladesh during the Pre-Muslim era?
What was the name of Bangladesh during the Muslim era?
What was the name of Bangladesh during the Post-Muslim era?
Discuss the origin and identity of the people of Bangladesh.
What was historical background of Bangla language?
Discuss the role of various groups of people for developing Bangla Language.
What role were done by the people of Europe for developing Bangla
Language?
‘Bangla Language is a melting pot’-explain this statement.
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17. Thank You
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