Bangladesh demands Bangla be adopted as UN's official language

[Black_cats]

Bangladesh demands Bangla be adopted as UN's official language​

In 1999, the UN declared February 21 as International Mother Language Day, coinciding with Bangladesh's Language Martyrs Day​

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Press Trust of India | Dhaka | Last Updated at February 21 2023 19:56 IST

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A senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday exhorted the United Nations to formally adopt Bangla as one of its official languages, on the day when the country celebrated the Language Martyrs Day to commemorate the pioneers of the Bengali language movement.

The UN has six official languages -- English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian and Arabic.
During the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly held last year, it adopted Bangla, Hindi and Urdu as the non-official languages following an India-sponsored resolution.

We are again demanding that Bangla be given the status of an official language of the UN, the ruling Awami League general secretary and senior government minister Obaidul Quader said.

The minister made this comment after paying tributes at Central Shaheed Minar here to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths marking Amar Ekushey.

"Let the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspire the fight against the anti-liberation forces," Quader asserted.

Ekushey February or Ekushey, which means 21 in Bengali, commemorates the day in 1952 when students of Dhaka University launched a protest against the imposition of Urdu in what was then East Pakistan.

The campaign eventually turned out to be a larger movement for the liberation from Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh nearly two decades later in 1971.

"After the 1952 Language movement, the basis for Pakistan's politics appeared invalid, left-leaning scholar and political history analyst Badruddin Umar said.

In 1999, the UN declared February 21 as International Mother Language Day, coinciding with Bangladesh's Language Martyrs Day.

On September 25, 1974, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh, delivered a historic speech at the UN General Assembly in Bangla.

The UN authorities would need USD 600 million per year for making a new official language functional in the UN system, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Shahriar Alam said.

In 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangla said in the UN General Assembly that Bangla should be named an official United Nations language to reflect the vast number of its speakers and its heritage in literature and history.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid offered wreaths after midnight at the Central Shahid Minar in memory of the country's language martyrs.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also paid her tributes during a military ceremony here on Tuesday.

Thousands from different social, professional, academic and cultural organisations also thronged the Central Shahid Minar and offered their tributes.

Bangladesh demands Bangla be adopted as UN's official language

A senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday exhorted the United Nations to formally adopt Bangla as one of its official languages, on the day when the country celebrated the Language Martyrs Day to commemorate the pioneers of the Bengali language

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[BHAN85]

Russian language - Wikipedia

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Bengali language - Wikipedia

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They have more speakers than Russian, but they dont have nukes like Russia.

What is the judgement of UN to adopt policies? Brute force?

 

[KaiserX]

Hi

Russian language - Wikipedia

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Bengali language - Wikipedia

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They have more speakers than Russian, but they dont have nukes like Russia.

What is the judgement of UN to adopt policies? Brute force?

The difference is many people/nations outside russia (former soviet/eastern europe/central asia) all speak or understand Russian.

No one outside of bengal speaks or understands bengali…. But the whole south asia/some centeal asia/some middle east can speak/understand/comprehend urdu/hindi.

 

[El Sidd]

On September 25, 1974, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh, delivered a historic speech at the UN General Assembly in Bangla.

The only thing historic about it was the UN providing a member state's rebel with the platform.

"After the 1952 Language movement, the basis for Pakistan's politics appeared invalid, left-leaning scholar and political history analyst Badruddin Umar said.

Pakistan's political doctrine is enshrined in her objective resolution. Bengali supremacist had fundamental problems with the document.

 

[bluesky]

Hi


The difference is many people/nations outside russia (former soviet/eastern europe/central asia) all speak or understand Russian.

No one outside of bengal speaks or understands bengali…. But the whole south asia/some centeal asia/some middle east can speak/understand/comprehend urdu/hindi.

Bengali poetry literature developed through many centuries. Its main center was actually the Arakan Royal Court.

But the Prose Literature started to develop only in the 1800s after Bengali Grammer was compiled by Dean Tarklanker of Fort William College in Kolkata after it was established in 1800 July.

Before he did so, there was not a single line of Prose Literature as we read in the current school textbooks, newspapers, and magazines. I ask people to find out a line of prose literature before this period,

Before the coronation of Nawab Sirajuddowla in April 1756, Invitation Letters were sent to Courtiers, High Officials, Zamindars, Jagirdars, etc. Persian was used for the Muslim higher-ups and Sanskrit for the Hindu Courtiers.

دعوت نامه, निमन्त्रणपत्रम् l

But not a single invitation letter was written in Bengali because the prose literature that we see today did not exist in those days.

 

[itsanufy]

Bengali poetry literature developed through many centuries. Its main center was actually the Arakan Royal Court.

But the Prose Literature started to develop only in the 1800s after Bengali Grammer was compiled by Dean Tarklanker of Fort William College in Kolkata after it was established in 1800 July.

Before he did so, there was not a single line of Prose Literature as we read in the current school textbooks, newspapers, and magazines. I ask people to find out a line of prose literature before this period,

Before the coronation of Nawab Sirajuddowla in April 1756, Invitation Letters were sent to Courtiers, High Officials, Zamindars, Jagirdars, etc. Persian was used for the Muslim higher-ups and Sanskrit for the Hindu Courtiers.

دعوت نامه, निमन्त्रणपत्रम् l

But not a single invitation letter was written in Bengali because the prose literature that we see today did not exist in those days.

Bengali language has taken its shape during the bhakti movement in Bengal, particularly by the followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
It was unheard in old days writing in prose.
English has its first prose in 600 AD.
Hindi has its first on same time as of Bengali, thats on 1800's

Bengali is quite a new language. not older than 500 years and not considered as classical.
Most of the languages of Indian subcontinent are classical which is over 1000 years.

 

[KaiserX]

Bengali poetry literature developed through many centuries. Its main center was actually the Arakan Royal Court.

But the Prose Literature started to develop only in the 1800s after Bengali Grammer was compiled by Dean Tarklanker of Fort William College in Kolkata after it was established in 1800 July.

Before he did so, there was not a single line of Prose Literature as we read in the current school textbooks, newspapers, and magazines. I ask people to find out a line of prose literature before this period,

Before the coronation of Nawab Sirajuddowla in April 1756, Invitation Letters were sent to Courtiers, High Officials, Zamindars, Jagirdars, etc. Persian was used for the Muslim higher-ups and Sanskrit for the Hindu Courtiers.

دعوت نامه, निमन्त्रणपत्रम् l

But not a single invitation letter was written in Bengali because the prose literature that we see today did not exist in those days.

All i heard was a weird rant…. Nothing relevant to the topic

 

[Species]

Bengali language has taken its shape during the bhakti movement in Bengal, particularly by the followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Not really. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to write in Sanskrit himself which was the usual tradition among brahmins as they considered Bengali language to be impure.

It was only because of the patronization of Bengal Sultanate that Bengali language began to grow. While earlier Sena Dynasty used only Sanskrit, the Sultans began to recruit Bengali poets in their courts, most notably Shah Muhammad Sagir, Alaol etc.

 

[Black_cats]

Making Bangla UN's official language would require Tk800cr annually: Shahriar Alam​

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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would renew its efforts for making Bangla one of the official languages of the United Nations when the global body will go through a greater reform.

He said there is huge involvement of funds in the process, and it needs to think whether spending such a huge amount of money every year will be logical at this moment though they have the love, respect and desire for Bangla to become UN's official language.

"We thought about it and worked on it. We estimated around five to six years ago that it will require Tk800 crore annually," Shahriar told reporters after attending a programme at Foreign Service Academy marking the International Mother Language Day.

He hoped that Bangladesh will have that capacity but at this moment, opinions might not be there in favour of such a plan.

The United Nations has six official languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Earlier in February 2021, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said there is no opposition from the member countries to Bangla as another official language of the United Nations, but the UN has said it does not have money to fund it.
The UN authorities have said they would need $600 million per year for making a new official language functional in the UN system, he said.

Bangla should be named an official United Nations language to reflect the vast number of its speakers and its heritage in literature and history, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UN General Assembly in 2010.

"Since Bangla [also known as Bengali] is spoken by nearly 300 million people worldwide, has a rich history in literature, history and in other fields. Our Parliament adopted a resolution requesting the UN to declare Bangla as one of its official languages," she said. "I fervently appeal to you all for acceptance of our very legitimate request."

Making Bangla UN's official language would require Tk800cr annually: Shahriar Alam

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said that Bangladesh would renew its efforts for making Bangla one of the official languages of the United Nations when the global body will go through a greater reform. He said there is huge involvement of funds in the process, and...

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[Maira La]

Bengali language has taken its shape during the bhakti movement in Bengal, particularly by the followers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
It was unheard in old days writing in prose.
English has its first prose in 600 AD.
Hindi has its first on same time as of Bengali, thats on 1800's

Bengali is quite a new language. not older than 500 years and not considered as classical.
Most of the languages of Indian subcontinent are classical which is over 1000 years.

Bengali literature is older than you think.

Alaol - Wikipedia

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Syed Alaol (Bengali: সৈয়দ আলাওল; 1607 – 1680) was a 17th century poet of Bengal.[1][2] His most well known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhalese princess. He is considered to be one of the most prolific medieval Bengali poets.[2] Since most of his poems combine emotion with intellect, he is called the Pandit Kabi (Pandit of Poets) of medieval Bengali literature.[2] An important Bangladeshi literary prize, the Alaol Sahitya Puroshkar, is named after him.

 

[Srinivas]

Not really. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to write in Sanskrit himself which was the usual tradition among brahmins as they considered Bengali language to be impure.

It was only because of the patronization of Bengal Sultanate that Bengali language began to grow. While earlier Sena Dynasty used only Sanskrit, the Sultans began to recruit Bengali poets in their courts, most notably Shah Muhammad Sagir, Alaol etc.

If Brahmins considered Bengali as impure how did it survive?? they should have declared it as non believers language?

where are the savage and stone age barbarians developed Bangali?

 

[bluesky]

All i heard was a weird rant…. Nothing relevant to the topic

Was it really a rant that I wrote? I doubt your personal knowledge of the growth of the Bengali language. This language did not come in a single day. Though what I wrote does not strictly on par with the discussion of the thread, what I wrote about Bengali prose is the truth.

So, I ask you to find out a single line of Bengali prose before the Bengali Grammer was created by Dean Tarklanker in the early 1800s. I am not talking about the poetries (পূর্ববঙ্গ গীতিকা/ ময়মনসিংহ গীতিকা) .

Perhaps, you even do not know that the old-time poetries had no full-stop, comma, semicolon, or other notations. Dean Tarkalanker adopted these notations from English. This is why you will see these notations in the new prints of those Gitika.

 

[Chute]

If Brahmins considered Bengali as impure how did it survive?? they should have declared it as non believers language?

where are the savage and stone age barbarians developed Bangali?

Are you really this dense?

Do you understand how vernaculars survive and evolve long term compared to written (literary) registers?

Japanese and Korean have no history because their literary forms were heavily Chinese for so long?

Understand this, you Indians in this forum are 99% a worthless braindead type (the smart ones have ALL left)....

Your entire group now are the miserable masochist braindead type that revel in abuse of your country and your own utter ignorance.

 

[Species]

If Brahmins considered Bengali as impure how did it survive?? they should have declared it as non believers language?

where are the savage and stone age barbarians developed Bangali?

Survived in spoken form among the common folks, common sense!

Actually they did ban the language, particularly the Sena Dynasty. Buddhist monks, who were the pioneers in developing proto-Bengali through the Charyapad texts, were persecuted brutally by the Senas. Bengal became heavily Brahminized through the introduction of caste system and enforcement of Sanskrit while suppressing the Pali language which was the basis of Bengali. This is one of the major reasons why the growth of Bengali was delayed by few centuries compared to Odia language although both had the same origin.

It was only during the Sultani period that Bengali was revived. OTOH, the Charyapada texts were later discovered in early 20th century from Nepal's royal library!

Are you really this dense?

Do you understand how vernaculars survive and evolve long term compared to written (literary) registers?

Japanese and Korean have no history because their literary forms were heavily Chinese for so long?

Understand this, you Indians in this forum are 99% a worthless braindead type (the smart ones have ALL left)....

Your entire group now are the miserable masochist braindead type that revel in abuse of your country and your own utter ignorance.

He's an Indian. Gotta be patient with people requiring special needs.

 

[itsanufy]

Not really. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu used to write in Sanskrit himself which was the usual tradition among brahmins as they considered Bengali language to be impure.

It was only because of the patronization of Bengal Sultanate that Bengali language began to grow. While earlier Sena Dynasty used only Sanskrit, the Sultans began to recruit Bengali poets in their courts, most notably Shah Muhammad Sagir, Alaol etc.

Bengali language has more than 80% Sanskrit.
Chaitanya Charitamrita was written on 1557 and that was on Sanskritanize Bengali like that of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Don't tell me that Bankim Chandra Chatterjee didn't write in bengali.

You need to read some good books of history of Bengali Literature, like that of Bangla Sahityer Itihas by Sukumar Sen. For your information this is used by Dacca University and considered by scholers from both sides as one of the best in that matter.