Banglish

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Banglish, also known as Bangreji, Benglish and Bonglish,{{Cite book |last=Coleman |first=Julie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qbbCgAAQBAJ |title=Global English Slang: Methodologies and Perspectives |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-93476-9 |language=en}} is the mixed use ("code switching"){{sfn|Tahereen|2016}} of the Bengali and English languages. The first usage of the word "Benglish" was found in 1972 and "Banglish" in 1975.Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. English World-wide, 39(1): 22. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam

In academic circles, "Benglish verb" refers to a compound verb consisting of an English word and a Bengali verb, such as: "accident" (meaning "to be involved in an accident"), "in" (meaning "to enter") or "to confuse" (meaning "to cause confusion").[http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/Y10-1011] Sishir Bhattacharya, 2010 Benglish Verbs: a Case of Code-Mixing in Bengali PACLIC 24 Proceedings[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6481827] Kundu, Subhash Chandra, 2012 Automatic detection of English words in Benglish text: A statistical approach 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI)[https://www.academia.edu/9886491/Hunting_Elusive_English_in_Hinglish_and_Benglish_Text_Unfolding_Challenges_and_Remedies] Hunting Elusive English in Hinglish and Benglish Text: Unfolding Challenges and Remedies, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)

In 2012 to maintain the purity of the Bengali language, according to an order of the Bangladesh High Court, "Banglish" was banned in all media including TV and radio in Bangladesh.{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/337843/bangladesh-bans-banglish-to-protect-local-tongue/|title=Bangladesh bans 'Banglish' to protect local tongue|date=17 February 2012|work=The Express Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808141346/https://tribune.com.pk/story/337843/bangladesh-bans-banglish-to-protect-local-tongue/|archive-date=8 August 2018|access-date=23 November 2015|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{cite web|lang=bn|title=ন্যক্বারজনক 'বাংলিশ' নিষিদ্ধ করল হাইকোর্ট – DW – 17.02.2012|url=https://www.dw.com/bn/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F/a-15748678|access-date=2024-02-23|website=dw.com}}