Jyoti Bhusan Chaki

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Born1925 (1925)
DiedMarch 27, 2008 (aged 8283)
OccupationsTeacher, writer
KnownforPolyglot
Jyoti Bhusan Chaki
Born1925 (1925)
DiedMarch 27, 2008 (aged 8283)
OccupationsTeacher, writer
Known forPolyglot

Jyoti Bhushan Chaki (1925 – 27 March 2008) was an Indian Bengali linguist, academic and polyglot. He had proficiency with 18 different languages.[1]

Jyoti Bhushan Chaki was born in 1925 in his maternal house in Dinajpur district now situated in Bangladesh. He came Kolkata for education in 1945. At first Chaki worked as a teacher in Modern School in 1954. Then he worked as a teacher in a school of Kolkata named Jagadbandhu Institution.[2] He wrote several books on linguistic. He had proficiency with 18 different languages.[1] He was also a member of Akademi Banan Upo-Samiti or Akademi Spelling Sub-Committee. He died on 27 March 2008 in a hospital in Kolkata following brain haemorrhage.[1]

Bibliography

  • Bangla Bhashar Byakoron (in Bengali) Ananda Publishers[3]
  • Bagortho koutuk (in Bengali) Ananda Publishers
  • Ek Jhank Golpo: Arabi, Pharshi o Sanskrit Chirayata Kahini ISBN 9787012400028

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