Bengali–Assamese script

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The Bengali–Assamese script, sometimes also known as Eastern Nagri, is an eastern Brahmic script primarily used today for the Bengali and Assamese languages spoken in eastern South Asia. It evolved from Gaudi script, also the common ancestor of the Odia and Tirhuta scripts. It is commonly called the Bengali script by Bengalis and the Assamese script by the Assamese, while in academic discourse it is sometimes called Eastern-Nāgarī. The script was traditionally called Gauḍa (not to be confused with Gaudi script, its precursor) as seen in the catalogue of books at the Radha-Damodara Mandir maintained by Jiva Goswami during the time of Akbar. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh and three of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic—Bengali, Assamese, and Meitei—commonly use this script in writing; Besides Bengali and Assamese, it is also used to write Bishnupriya Manipuri, Meitei, Chakma, Santali, and other languages spoken in eastern South Asia. Historically...

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