Context

In today’s time, the Bengali language is lagging behind in terms of recognition and respect in its homeland, quite unlike the status of other languages in their respective states.

About

About (the language profile)

Hindi

• Hindi belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
• Hindi, along with English, are the official languages of India. 
• Hindi became the official language of the Union of India in 1950. The Constitution of India provides for the use of Hindi in the Devanagari script as the official language of the Union.
• According to Article 343, “The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script. 
• The form of numerals to be used for the official purpose of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.” 
• English was declared an associate language of the Union, and Hindi was supposed to replace English in 1965. 

Bengali

• Bengali is an eastern Indo-Aryan language with around 265 million speakers, mainly in Bangladesh and northern Indian.
• The Bengali alphabet (Bangla lipi) is derived from the Brahmi alphabet. It is also closely related to the Devanagarialphabet, from which it started to diverge in the 11th Century AD.
• The current printed form of Bengali alphabet first appeared in 1778 when Charles Wilkins developed printing in Bengali.
• A few archaic letters were modernized during the 19th century.
• Bengali is included in the Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution.