"Middle Bengali" meaning in All languages combined

See Middle Bengali on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Middle Bengali}} Middle Bengali
  1. The ancestor of New Bengali, spoken from 1200 CE to 1800, that developed from Old Bengali. Categories (topical): Languages

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