Sadhu bhasha

Sadhu Bhasha
Chaste Language
সাধু ভাষা
RegionBengal
Era19th–20th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Sadhu bhasha (Bengali: সাধু ভাষা, romanizedSādhu bhāṣā, lit.'Chaste language') or Sanskritised Bengali was a historical literary register of the Bengali language most prominently used in the 19th to 20th centuries during the Bengali Renaissance. Sadhu-bhasha was used only in writing, unlike Cholito-bhasa, the colloquial form of the language, which was used in both writing and speaking. These two literary forms are examples of diglossia. Sadhu-bhasha was used in official documents and legal papers during the colonial period; however, it is mostly obsolete in the present day.[1]

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