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New language has perks and beauty, |
The perks of having a new language is enormous. Think of bringing down the 49 letters into just 25 letters. We have wasted lots of inks and papers all these years to compose essays ,documents using redundant 49 letters. It will not only save composition time,but also [bring] monetary benefits to govt and individual alike. Look at these letters:
অ ই উ এ ও
ক গ ঙ
চ জ ঞ
ট ড
প ব ম
স য
ত দ ন
ং ৎ ঃ ঁ
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There are just 25 letters and the accent ~. We could introduce more accents if we wish.' অ ' is pronounced as usual. We could use '~' above 'অ' to get 'আ'. Same thing goes for other letters. Apart from that 'র','ড়','ঢ়','য়' do not need direct entry into the alphabets. These are just tiny '.' under the letters already introduced as example. Moreover, we may welcome brand new letters,may be invented by linguists or could be borrowed from other languages. For foreign words, we could use Roman or Greek letters. For instance, 'চেয়ার' ,'রিকশা' could be written like 'Chair','Rickshaw'. Or we can just spare them.
But having a new script is really interesting. It will give the language a complete new look and impression, retaining some pronunciation as we have right now. Artists' assistance can be taken to get the new vowels and consonants. Vowels in particular needs more attention. 5 is more than enough. No need for joint letters as we have now in the present language. It just complicates the writings and takes a lot of time composing a sentence. The 25/26 letters will need less Unicode characters. So composition time will be shortened. Websites will require less space to publish Bangladeshi language contents. Storing contents in Bangladeshi language will take less space, cost of the govt and private sectors will come down remarkably. Not only digital contents, publishing Bengali books,text books will require less paper,saving publishers and govt a lot of money. Paper saved may be used to bring more illustrated text books to make clear the comprehension.
The another advantage is that the new language will work as filter,as barrier to thwart the demoralization or disinformation campaign originating from abroad. Many of these contents will lose their meaning and nuances in translations. So target people have less chance to get offended and reactionary stance will be less severe. In this backdrop, any political or strategic goal out of these obnoxious contents will be hard to achieve. There will be less occurrence of political tension or communal tension provoked by such contents.
The transformation from Bengali language to Bangladeshi language will create opportunities for teachers and graduates of language and linguistics departments. Brand new dictionary, books of antonyms and synonyms ,books on grammar are needed to give shape the new language and to facilitate the learning. It will create opportunities for software engineers as well to facilitate the adaptation of the new language in cyber space and data centers. It will create a new economy from publishing to broadcasting, from infotainment to cloud computing. And thousands of content creators will be needed to create contents on new language.
The main challenge promoting the new language is to popularize it. As I have said a group of individuals may start it among themselves as fun language. Since digital platform is cheap, its contents may be published on digital platform. Frequently visited places like educational institutions, prayer places,public transportation,clothes could be the places to display the new letters and expressions of the language. After gaining some popularity, a dedicated printing press may take up the task to publishing the books ,magazines in new language. As smartphones are available, a new app maybe launched to promote the language. Grammar, orthographs may be figured out by the linguists. But the letters can be picked up through popular voting. A dedicated websites will publish the initial letters. Then people from all walks of life will vote for the letters they think appropriate for the new language. This participation will make the process of introducing a new language unique and participatory.
A new language is not just a new language. It will protect the population from harmful campaigns ,save time and money of public and private sectors and bring fresh impetus to the economy, creating new opportunities.