Bengali script

The Bengali script is an Abugida system of writing belonging to the Brahmic family of scripts whose use is associated with the Bengali, Assamese, Manipuri and Sylheti languages. While it is very similar to Devanagari, it is less blocky and presents a more sinuous shaping, and is derived from a precursor of that script called Nagari. The modern script was formalized in 1778 when it was first typeset by Charles Wilkins. There are some minor differences between the version of the script used for Assamese and that used for the other languages: rô (Bengali র; Assamese ৰ) and vô (Bengali not available; Assamese ৱ).

Sample Text

The following is a sample text of script. The selection is a Bengali song, highly Sanskritized and later adopted as the national anthem of India. It was written by a man who is acknowledged as the single most important and defining figure of Bengali literature, the Nobel Laureate and philosopher-saint poet Rabindranath Tagore (Thakur in Bengali).

Related Topics:
Bengali - Sanskrit - National anthem - India - Nobel Laureate - Rabindranath Tagore

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Bengali Text of Jôno Gôno Môno:

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?????? ?????? ?????? ????? ???????? ??????? ????

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??????? ?????? ????? ????? ??????????????

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জনগণমন-অধিনায়ক জয় হে ভারতভাগ্যবিধাতা!

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