LINGUIST List 22.3931 Sat Oct 08 2011 Media: How do you spell West Bengal's new name? Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Brent Woo , How do you spell West Bengal's new name? Message 1: How do you spell West Bengal's new name? Date: 08-Oct-2011 From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> Subject: How do you spell West Bengal's new name? E-mail this message to a friend In August of 2011, the administration of the Indian state of West Bengal voted to change the official name to "West Bengal" in Bengali. The problem is there is no convenient way (yet) to represent this in publications in English, or in any other language other than Bengali, which requires transliteration of some sort. Already in the media we see variants such as Paschim Banga, Poshchim Bangla, Poshchim Bongo... etc. Transliteration has always been an imperfect art, but this blogger Antariksh Botale wonders if there are any alternatives. http://www.linguistrix.com/blog/?p=44 Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics                             Translation                             Writing Systems Subject Language(s): Bengali (ben) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Oct-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.