The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language/Part 1

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4255477The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language — Part I: Introduction, PhonologySuniti Kumar Chatterji

THE

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF

THE BENGALI LANGUAGE


BY

SUNITI KUMAR CHATTERJI

M.A. (Calcutta), D.Lit. (London)

Khaira Professor of Indian Linguistics and Phonetics and Lecturer in English and Comparative Philology in the University of Calcutta


With a Foreword by

SIR GEORGE ABRAHAM GRIERSON, K.C.I.E.


In Two Parts

Part I: Introduction, Phonology

CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PRESS

1926

PRINTED BY BHUPENDRALAL BANERJEE

AT THE CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY PRESS, SENATE HOUSE, CALCUTTA

CONTENTS

v—vii
Benedictory
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ix—x
Author’s Preface
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xi—xx
Abbreviations
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xxi—xxiii
Signs
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xxiv
Transliteration
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xxv—xxvii
Phonetic Transcription
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xxviii—xxxiv
Contents
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xxxv—xci
Introduction
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1—149
150—169
Appendix B to Introduction
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170—178
Appendix C to Introduction
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179—188
Appendix D to Introduction
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189—223
Appendix E to Introduction
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224—235
Phonology
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287—643
Morphology
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649—1052
1053—1056
Additions and Corrections
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1057—1078
Index of Bengali Words
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1079—1179