Formation of Bengali as a Language group
Bengali: Language Group or Race?
The Bengali word Jati (RvwZ) refers to diverse
meaning:
Religion
Caste
Nation
Ethnicity
So using the very
Bengali term creates confusion at academic level.
The identity of
the Bengali people is much more focused on its cultural background rather than
any physical or racial characteristics.
Language is the core for the formation of the people of
this region as a single group.
Bengali: Racial complexity!
Bengali people are the mixture of different racial
groups
Some scholars argues that their ancestors are from Austric
origin.
But later on they developed a mixed physical composition
of Pre-Dravidian, Dravidian and Aryan.
Language was the key-factor for establishment of a
homogeneous group.
Bengali: Formation of Bengali community
The first origin of Bengali languahe is Magadhi
Prakrito or old Magadhi form.
then Magadhi
and finally Magadhi Apavrangsho
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