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Bengali

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Bengali is a Nagari-derived script that appeared in eastern South Asia around the 11th century CE. It is still currently used in Bangladesh, as well as the state of West Bengal in India (hence the script's name) on the eastern part of India. The old Bengali script (11th century CE) is also the parent to many other scripts of eastern India, such as a Oriya, Manipuri, and Maithili. The Bengali script is used to write languages in eastern India such as Bengali, Assamese, and Manipuri. Once again, like other South Asian writing systems, vowels following a consonant other than the default /a/ is written with extra strokes, as in the following example: Quick Facts Type Syllabic Alphabetic Genealogy Brahmi Location South Asia Time 11th century CE to Present Direction Left to right

The story of a Bengali

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When my grandparents were born. By born they were British Indian citizen. Because on this time our part of Bengal was part of India, and India was the colony of Britain. When my parents were born. By born they were the Pakistani citizen. Because on the time our part of Bengal was united with Pakistan, and separated from India. and the colony of Pakistan. When I was born, by born I was a Bangladeshi citizen. Because at the time we were independent. This is a story of my generation who born in Bangladesh. Maybe our next generation will extend the story, and will tell you the untold part of the story and continue. Arifur Rahman Drøbak, Norway Bengali:  আমার দাদা-দাদী যখন জন্মগ্রহণ করেছিলেন, তখন জন্মসূত্রে তারা ছিলেন ব্রিটিশ ভারতীয় নাগরিক। কারণ সে সময়ে আমাদের বঙ্গভূমি ভারতের অংশ ছিল, আর ভারত তখন ব্রিটেনের উপনিবেশ ছিল। আমার বাবা-মা যখন জন্মগ্রহণ করেছিলেন, তখন জন্মসূত্রে তারা ছিলেন পাকিস্তানি নাগরিক। কারণ সে সময়ে আমাদের বঙ্গভূমি পাকিস্তানের অংশ ছিল, এবং