As a matter of fact, it is not Bengalí, it is Bangla language and Bangla script (if you ask a Bangladeshi in English). Bengalí (English phonetical understanding of the word Bangla) is what it was called during the colonial period, but now they have reverted to the original form. The reference organization for Bangladesh is the Bangla Academy, and the reference book is the Bangla Academy Dictionary.

The number of characters would be the same, as it is the same language, with some variation on usage of vocabulary (words exist in both, but are more used in one than the other).

The number of characters should be the one stated in Unicode, plus a few signs that are common to all Indic languages (the dandas). All Bangla can be written using Unicode.

Javier



Tulasi wrote:
Ok I am correcting - "Bangladeshi" to "Bengali".
Thanks for FAQ and other links!
It looks like Government of Bangladesh (GOB) has a standard.
West Bengal Government (WBG) has a standard as well.

Where can I see all letters/symbols found in GOB standard?
Where can I see all letters/symbols found in WBG standard?

Among both, which standard has more letters/symbols?

I have read FAQ and googled as well, but I could not find any JPG
images of both standards. It looks like both standards may not have
exactly same numbers of letters/symbols.

Tulasi
PS: I have appended past messages because I corrected "Bangladeshi" to
"Bengali".
Please omit it if you reply, to keep "peace" :-')

---------- Appended messages ----------
From: Tulasi <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:39:54 -0700
Subject: Bangladeshi
To: Unicode Discussion <[email protected]>

The Unicode Consortium is pleased to welcome the Government of
Bangladesh as a new instutitional member.

Congratulations Government of Bangladesh (GOB) for first time
institutional membership!

May I know, as per GOB standard, how many letters/symbols are required
to write Bangladeshi?

Tulasi


From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:01:18 -0700
Subject: Unicode welcomes Government of Bangladesh
To: [email protected]

The Unicode Consortium is pleased to welcome the Government of
Bangladesh as a new instutitional member. Their website is at:
http://www.mosict.gov.bd/


From: David Perry <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:50:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Bangladeshi
To: Tulasi <[email protected]>

See the discussion in TUS 9.2, available online, and code charts
U+0980–U+09FF.

David

Tulasi wrote:

May I know, as per GOB standard, how many letters/symbols are required
to write Bangladeshi?

Tulasi


From: William J Poser <[email protected]>
Date: Wed,  7 Jul 2010 02:21:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Bangladeshi
To: [email protected], [email protected]

May I know, as per GOB standard, how many letters/symbols are required
to write Bangladeshi?


There's no such language. The principal language of Bangladesh is Bengali,
the same language and writing system as used in the Indian state of
West Bengal.

Bill


From: Otto Stolz <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:21:31 +0200
Subject: Re: Bangladeshi
To:
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]

Hello,

am 2010-07-07 08:21, schrieb William J Poser:
The principal language of Bangladesh is Bengali,
the same language and writing system as used in the Indian state of
West Bengal.

Cf.
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#14>,
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#15>,
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#18>,
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#19>,
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#20>,
<http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.2.0/ch09.pdf#G664195>,
<http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0980.pdf>.

Tulasi, you should probably learn to peruse the FAQ, and other
information, provided on the Unicode WWW site:
• Start at <http://www.unicode.org/faq/>.
• To find a particular chapter in the current standard version,
   start at <http://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html>,
   then follow the links to “Latest Version of the Standard”,
   then “*Unicode 5.2 Web Bookmarks*” (or some such, in the
   versions to come).
• To find particular character assignments, start at
   <http://www.unicode.org/charts/>.

Good luck,
   Otto stolz





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