rubyjackass
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So it is problem of the language if people are not illiterate? People can speak and understand their mother tongue however difficult it is. The problem is reading and writing.Bengali language and culture has become elitist. This is the same mentality of the Hindu Bhadralok of pre-partition days. We have not been able to come out of that mindset. Bangla language and culture has left 40% completely illiterate, 30% barely literate, 25% competently literate and the rest 5% dominating society intellectually but having nothing new to offer.
By that logic english is the least elitist language.
So what the hell are you saying? Bangla is even better than Arabic. Am I getting your vibe right?
Its pretty clear for me. You can't write every word in Arabic with just two phonetic elements or syllables, right?
Similarly Arabic script is not enough to write all Bengali sounds down.
I think heavy 'la' is an example(?).