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The Bengali language has been originated from which of the following languages?

A. Sanskrit

B. Prakrit

C. Magadhi

D. All of these

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Bengali language has been derived from Magadhi, prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit. However, besides these, Bengali has been enriched by borrowing words from several other languages such as Persian, Hindi, Urdu, English, Portugese, Greek, Arabic, Dutch, Turkish, French, Japanese, Malay and Burmese.

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