> I work with the Bangla Academy > (note the work Bangla in the English name of the academy), > the Ministry of information Teachnology, the Office of the Prime Minister > and the Ministry of Education.
Great! I think Javier can help get a JPG image of all letters/symbols needed to write Bengali (i.e., language spoken in Bangladesh) as per GOB standard. This answers "Where can I see all letters/symbols found in GOB standard?". For answer to "Where can I see all letters/symbols found in WBG standard?" we need someone from WBG (West Bengal Government). When I googled I found Academy & Akademi :-') http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangla_Academy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschimbanga_Bangla_Akademi Tulasi From: Javier Sola <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:15:43 +0700 Subject: Re: Bengali Script To: Tulasi <[email protected]> Cc: Unicode Discussion <[email protected]> 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
