The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language/Part 1

by Suniti 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

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