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CONTENTS

Foreword by Sir George A. Grierson, K.C.I.E. ···

v—vii

Benedictory ············

ix—x

Author’s Preface ·········

xi—xx

Abbreviations ············

xxi—xxiii

Signs ············

xxiv

Transliteration ············

xxv—xxvii

Phonetic Transcription ·········

xxviii—xxxiv

Contents ············

xxxv—xci

Introduction ············

1—149

Appendix A to Introduction ······

150—169

Appendix B to Introduction„ ······

170—178

Appendix C to Introduction„ ······

179—188

Appendix D to Introduction„ ······

189—223

Appendix E to Introduction„ ······

224—235

Phonology ············

287—643

Morphology ············

649—1052

Appendix to Morphology ······

1053—1056

Additions and Corrections ·········

1057—1078

Index of Bengali Words ·········

1079—1179

DETAILED CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION, pp. 1-235.

§ 1 : Position of Bengali, its age as a characterised language, p. 1 ; § 2 : Number of Bengali Speakers, p. 1 ; Linguistic Boundaries—Aryan languages on the frontiers of Bengali, p. 1; non-Aryan neighbours of bengali, pp. 2-3 ; ‘Kōl’ and ‘Muṇḍā,’ p. 2. § 3 : The Indo-European speeches ; the Indo-Iranian or Aryan branch ; Indic, Dardic and Iranian