This article is about the dialect of the English language. For English people of Bangladeshi descent, see British Bangladeshi.
Bangladeshi English, Banglish, Benglish or Anglo-Bangla is an English accent heavily influenced by Bengali language and its dialects in Bangladesh.[1][2] This variety is very common among Bengalis mainly from Bangladesh, as well as the neighboring regions of West Bengal and Tripura. The term Benglish is recorded from 1972, and Banglish slightly later, in 1975.[3]
Since the introduction of Bangla Bhasha Procolon Ain, all the laws by parliament and all Ordinances promulgated by the President are being enacted in Bengali[4] in Bangladesh.
There are 10 English language newspapers in Bangladesh. English medium schools are also operated in English. Mainly, the people of Bangladeshi descent residing in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US and students of English medium schools in Bangladesh use Benglish (though Standard English is also tried to be taught). This applies to those originating from East India also.
However, upon public demand in 2012, the High Court of Bangladesh banned the use of Benglish, described as a slang mixture of Bengali and English, in radio and television programs "to protect local tongue."[5]
Benglish is a term that has been used in academic papers to describe a mixture of Bangla and English. For example, Benglish verbs are described as a particular type of complex predicate that consists of an English word and a Bengali verb, such as æksiḍenṭ kôrā ‘to have an accident’, in kôrā ‘to get/come/put in’ or kônfyuj kôrā ‘to confuse’.[6][7][8]
History
The East India Company adopted English as the official language of the empire in 1835. Replacement of the Persian language with English was followed by a surge in English language learning among Bengali babus. English remained an official language of the region until 1956 when the first constitution of Pakistan was adopted stating Bengali and Urdu as the official languages of the state following the Bengali language movement from 1947 to 1952.
After independence, Bengali became the sole official language of Bangladesh, and all English-medium universities, schools and colleges were converted to Bengali instruction in order to spread mass education.
Differences between Standard English and Bangladeshi English
Numbering system
The South Asian numbering system is preferred for digit grouping. When written in words, or when spoken, numbers less than 100,000/100 000 are expressed just as they are in Standard English. Numbers including and beyond 100,000 / 100 000 are expressed in a subset of the South Asian numbering system.
^Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 22. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam
^"Towards creating an indigenous legal corpus in Bangla". The Daily Star. 19 February 2019. from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
^. The Express Tribune. Agence France-Presse. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^[1] Shishir Bhattacharja, 2010 Benglish Verbs: a Case of Code-Mixing in Bengali PACLIC 24 Proceedings
^[2] Kundu ; Subhash Chandra, 2012 Automatic detection of English words in Benglish text: A statistical approach 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI)
^[3] Hunting Elusive English in Hinglish and Benglish Text: Unfolding Challenges and Remedies, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
May 05, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bangladeshi English news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article is about the dialect of the English language For English people of Bangladeshi descent see British Bangladeshi Bangladeshi English Banglish Benglish or Anglo Bangla is an English accent heavily influenced by Bengali language and its dialects in Bangladesh 1 2 This variety is very common among Bengalis mainly from Bangladesh as well as the neighboring regions of West Bengal and Tripura The term Benglish is recorded from 1972 and Banglish slightly later in 1975 3 Bangladeshi EnglishNative toBangladesh IndiaRegionBangladeshLanguage familyIndo European GermanicWest GermanicIngvaeonicBritish EnglishBangladeshi EnglishEarly formsOld English Middle English Early Modern EnglishWriting systemLatin English alphabet Unified English BrailleLanguage codesISO 639 3 IETFen BDThis article contains IPA phonetic symbols Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA Contents 1 Use 2 History 3 Literature 4 Differences between Standard English and Bangladeshi English 4 1 Numbering system 5 See also 6 ReferencesUse EditBengali is the sole official and national language of Bangladesh and one of the 22 scheduled official language in India But English is often used secondarily in the higher tier of the judiciary in both Bangladesh and India along with Hindi in India Laws were written in English during the colonial periods Since the introduction of Bangla Bhasha Procolon Ain all the laws by parliament and all Ordinances promulgated by the President are being enacted in Bengali 4 in Bangladesh There are 10 English language newspapers in Bangladesh English medium schools are also operated in English Mainly the people of Bangladeshi descent residing in the UK Canada Australia New Zealand and the US and students of English medium schools in Bangladesh use Benglish though Standard English is also tried to be taught This applies to those originating from East India also However upon public demand in 2012 the High Court of Bangladesh banned the use of Benglish described as a slang mixture of Bengali and English in radio and television programs to protect local tongue 5 Benglish is a term that has been used in academic papers to describe a mixture of Bangla and English For example Benglish verbs are described as a particular type of complex predicate that consists of an English word and a Bengali verb such as aeksiḍenṭ kora to have an accident in kora to get come put in or konfyuj kora to confuse 6 7 8 History EditThe East India Company adopted English as the official language of the empire in 1835 Replacement of the Persian language with English was followed by a surge in English language learning among Bengali babus English remained an official language of the region until 1956 when the first constitution of Pakistan was adopted stating Bengali and Urdu as the official languages of the state following the Bengali language movement from 1947 to 1952 After independence Bengali became the sole official language of Bangladesh and all English medium universities schools and colleges were converted to Bengali instruction in order to spread mass education Literature EditMain article Bangladeshi English literatureDifferences between Standard English and Bangladeshi English EditNumbering system Edit The South Asian numbering system is preferred for digit grouping When written in words or when spoken numbers less than 100 000 100 000 are expressed just as they are in Standard English Numbers including and beyond 100 000 100 000 are expressed in a subset of the South Asian numbering system Thus the following scale is used In digits In words long and short scales In words South Asian system 10 ten100 one hundred1 000 one thousand10 000 ten thousand100 000 one hundred thousand one lakh1 000 000 one million ten lakh10 000 000 ten million one croreSee also EditBengal Languages of Bangladesh Languages of India Bengali people Bengali alphabetReferences Edit Burhanuddin Khan Jahangir 2002 Nationalism fundamentalism and democracy in Bangladesh International Centre for Bengal Studies p 109 The Two Men Formative Stage The Journal of the Institute of BangladeStudies Rajshahi Institute of Bangladesh Studies 30 10 2007 Lambert James 2018 A multitude of lishes The nomenclature of hybridity English World wide 39 1 22 DOI 10 1075 eww 38 3 04lam Towards creating an indigenous legal corpus in Bangla The Daily Star 19 February 2019 Archived from the original on 23 April 2019 Retrieved 9 May 2019 Bangladesh bans Banglish to protect local tongue The Express Tribune Agence France Presse 17 February 2012 Archived from the original on 8 August 2018 Retrieved 23 November 2015 1 Shishir Bhattacharja 2010 Benglish Verbs a Case of Code Mixing in Bengali PACLIC 24 Proceedings 2 Kundu Subhash Chandra 2012 Automatic detection of English words in Benglish text A statistical approach 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction IHCI 3 Hunting Elusive English in Hinglish and Benglish Text Unfolding Challenges and Remedies Centre for Development of Advanced Computing CDAC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bangladeshi English amp oldid 1150617753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
