Bangla
Let an agent explain the Bangla language and its dialects, relay its status, script and literature from linguistic and official sources, describe history and register variation, and route to entries for specific dialects.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Bangla is.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Bangla, and how is it classified within Indo-Aryan? definition
- Is the question about standard Bangla, a dialect or a related language such as Assamese or Sylheti? boundary
Dialects
Dialects and registers.
Dialects
Dialects.
- What are the main dialects such as Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi and Sundarbani, and what was Dobhashi? definition
- Which entry fits the specific dialect? action
Structure Script and grammar.
Script
Script.
Script
Script.
- How does the Bengali script work, and how is Bangla typed and encoded? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Grammar
Grammar and sounds.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are the main features of Bangla phonology and grammar? provenance
- Which entry fits Bengali grammar? action
Use Status and use.
Status
Official status.
Status
Status.
- What official status does Bangla hold in Bangladesh and India, and how is it used in education and media? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Learning
Learning.
Learning
Learning.
- How can learners approach Bangla, and what resources exist? action
- Which entry fits language learning? action
Context History and literature.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did Bangla develop from Magadhi Prakrit, and what was the Language Movement of 1952? provenance
- Which entry fits the Bengali Language Movement? action
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- What are the major works and authors of Bangla literature, from Charyapada to Tagore and Nazrul? provenance
- Which entry fits Bengali literature? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Dobhashi, Rangpuri, Sundarbani, Manbhumi, Bangali, Varendri, Rarhi, Dhakaiya Kutti, Jharkhandi dialect
What it is Filled
An Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch spoken by about 240 million native speakers in Bangladesh, where it is the national language, and in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam, with dialects such as Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi and Sundarbani, a historical Dobhashi literary register with Persian and Arabic vocabulary, and a rich literature including Rabindranath Tagore; Bangla is written in the Bengali script and is among the most spoken languages in the world.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the Bangla language and its dialects, relay its status, script and literature from linguistic and official sources, describe history and register variation, and route to entries for specific dialects.
Distinguishing features Filled
- National language of Bangladesh
- Bengali script
- Major literature
- Dialect diversity
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a machine translation as accurate in legal, medical or official matters without human review.
- Treat one dialect or national variety as the only correct Bangla.
- Render Bangla script incorrectly in ways that change meaning or names.
- Dismiss the language movement's history, in which people died for the language's status.
Only with a human decision
- Using machine translation in legal, medical or asylum proceedings.
- Publishing Bangla content under an organisation's name.
May
- Translate, transliterate and generate Bangla text, flagging uncertainty and dialect.
- Describe the language, its script, dialects and literature from linguistic sources.
- Support Bangla in interfaces, search and accessibility tools.
Moral aspects Filled
- Bangla carries a national identity won through the language movement, and slighting it wounds.
- Hundreds of millions depend on Bangla for schooling, health and civic life, and tools often serve it poorly.
Who is affected
- Bangla speakers
- Dialect speakers in border regions
- Users of public services
Owners Filled
Steward
The speech communities; language academies in Bangladesh and West Bengal maintain standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q4179137 - registry parent class
related
- Bengali-Assamese - in registry terms
- Bengali script - the alphabet
- Bangladesh - and official in West Bengal
- Assamese language - in the branch
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.bangla
- Wikidata: Q9610 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9610)
- ISO 639-1: bn
- ISO 639-3: ben
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- native speakers: about 240 million - estimates
- world rank by native speakers: about 6 position - estimates vary
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Bengali-Assamese Indo-Aryan language
- Standard Bangla, Rangpuri, Varendri, Manbhumi, Sundarbani dialects, Dobhashi register
- Assamese is a sister language; Sylheti and Chittagonian are sometimes classed separately
- Not a visible object; written in the Bengali script.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the language and dialects
- relay status and script
- relay history and literature
- route to specific dialects
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating dialects with separate languages, with classifications attributed
- Confusing Bangla and Assamese scripts
- Stale speaker counts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Bangladesh constitution naming Bangla the state language
- Indian scheduled language status
- Bangla Academy standards
- Unicode Bengali block
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a language.
- standard Bangla based on Nadia dialect
- eastern dialects of Bangladesh
- Rangpuri and Varendri in the north
- Manbhumi in the west
- Sundarbani in the delta
- Dobhashi historical register
- Bengali diaspora varieties
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q9610: Bangla - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Bengali language - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should the dialects be separate entries?
- How should linguistic references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and a historical register; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q9610/spec.json