What is the Bengali-Assamese script?
Q: What is the Bengali-Assamese script?
A: The Bengali-Assamese script is a writing system that is widely used and serves as the basis for the Bengali, Assamese alphabet and Tirhuta.
Q: How widely used is the Bengali-Assamese script?
A: The Bengali-Assamese script is the fifth most widely used writing system in the world.
Q: What other languages are written using the Bengali-Assamese script?
A: The Bengali-Assamese script is also used to write Meitei (Manipuri), Kokborok (Tripuri) and Bishnupriya Manipuri. Other languages, such as Angika, Bodo, Karbi, Maithili and Mising, were formerly written in Bengali–Assamese script.
Q: Was the Bengali-Assamese script originally used to write Sanskrit?
A: Yes, the Bengali-Assamese script was originally used to write Sanskrit.
Q: Is the Eastern Nagari used for Sanskrit in modern times?
A: Yes, in eastern India, the use of Eastern Nagari for Sanskrit continues.
Q: What other script is used alongside the Bengali-Assamese script in modern times?
A: Modern Sylheti uses the alphabet, alongside Sylheti Nagari.
Q: What is Tirhuta?
A: Tirhuta is a writing system that is a mix of Devanagari and Eastern Nagari, and is based on the Bengali-Assamese script.
