Bangla is the most scientific script in the world: Mostafa Jabbar
The Bengali alphabet is one of the most enduring scientific fonts in the world. These letters are used in Assamese and in the languages of many small ethnic groups in eastern India as well. Similarly, there is no obstacle for writing Bangla language in any digital device of the world. The potential of Bangla is unique. Bangla font is unique in the world.
This is what Mustafa Jabbar, the creator of Bijoy Bangla Software, remarked in his speech as the chief guest at the ’২১ আমার অহংকার’ (‘21st My Pride') web discussion held on the occasion of International Mother Language Day on Monday, February 21.
He said, "Because of the scientific infrastructural power of the Bengali script, writing Bangla in Bangla letters is easier and purer than writing that in English."
Citing the practical and scientific power of the Bengali language and its smooth flow, he added, "In English in place of ‘I love you’, I can't say, ‘Love I you’ or ‘You love I’. But in Bangla, we can say, আমি তোমাকে ভালোবাসি, তোমাকে আমি ভালোবাসি or ভালোবাসি আমি তোমাকে meaning the same expression as I love you. This is how we feel proud dealing with my mother-tongue. "
Vice Chancellor SM Mahbub-ul-Haq Majumder took part in the discussion conducted by the university teacher Syed Mizanur Rahman. Amit Chakraborty, a teacher from Daffodil students, sang and Labanya Akhter Meem recited a poem.
Speaking as the chief guest, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Mostafa Jabbar said that Steve Jobs was the first to introduce non-Roman fonts in the first technology by adding a font menu to the Macintosh computer in January 1985. Saifuddoha Shahid, a US expatriate named Saifuddoha Shahid, then was settled in London and created software for Macintosh called Shahid-Lipi and opened the door for the first computer to use Bangla language. And for digital conversion in publishing, he has brought the consonant letters in one place with a 'smiley' to bring 454 Bengali letters in 26 buttons of English.
"We have some misconceptions about our language," he said. “If I use any foreign or English word when speaking Bangla, it is not wrong. In the case of language, its alphabet and grammar are the biggest issues”, he added.