''A Grammar of the Bengal Languages'' is a 1778 modern

Bengali grammar Bengali grammar ( bn, বাংলা ব্যাকরণ ''Bangla Bækôrôn'') is the study of the morphology and syntax of Bengali, an Indo-European language spoken in the Indian subcontinent. Given that Bengali has two forms, চলি� ...

book written in English by

Nathaniel Brassey Halhed Nathaniel Brassey Halhed (25 May 1751 – 18 February 1830) ( bn, হালেদ, "Haled") was an English Orientalist and philologist. Halhed was born at Westminster, and was educated at Harrow School, where he began a close friendship with R ...

. This is the first grammar book of the

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

language. The book, published in 1778, was probably printed from the Endorse Press in Hooghly,

Bengal Presidency The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and ...

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Earliest printed books in select languages, Part 2: 1501–1897
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