Classical status for Bangla language
January 17 , 2024
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- West Bengal requested the central government to officially list Bengali as a “classical language”.
- As per their claim, Bengali as a language existed, even in writing, as early as, 3rd-4th BCE.
- Bengali is the 2nd most spoken language in India, it is also the 7th most spoken language in the world.
- So far, the Government of India has officially recognised six languages as having classical status.
- They are Tamil (2004), Sanskrit (2005), Telugu, Kannada (2008), Malayalam (2013), and Odia (2014).
- As per the Centre’s guidelines, a language must meet following requirements to be declared “classical”.
- The high antiquity of its early texts;
- Recorded history of over 1500-2000 years;
- A body of ancient literature/texts, which is considered a valuable heritage by generations of speakers;
- A literary tradition that’s original and not borrowed from another speech community; and
- Being distinct from modern, without discontinuity between the classical language and its later forms or its offshoots.
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