A Grammar of the Bengal Language

Grammar of the Bengal Language
Entire title page of the book
Title page of the book, edition 1778
Author Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
Original title A Grammar of the Bengal Language
Country Bengal Presidency
Language English
Subject Bengali grammar
Published 1778
Media type Printed
Pages 217 (first edition)
OCLC 457571405
Preceded by 'A Code of Gentoo Loss (1776)

A Grammar of the Bengal Languages is a 1778 modern Bengali grammar book written in English by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed. This is the first grammar book of the Bengali language.[1][2] The book, published in 1778, probably printed from the Endorse Press in Hooghly, Bengal Presidency.[3]

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References

  1. Muhammad Shafiq Hussain (February 18, 2007). "The Birth of Bengali language". The Daily Star. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. "History of Bengali language". bengalitranslation.net. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. 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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