Graphemes in terms of Bengali has not been defined clearly before. So we have tried to describe the concept in the following slides\nHope this helps. Let us know if you have any confusion.
\n\nEDIT: Here's a discusssion on the difference between consonant conjuncts and consonant diacritics.
", "messages": [ { "id": 699069, "postDate": "2019-12-20T02:46:28.827Z", "content": "Graphemes in terms of Bengali has not been defined clearly before. So we have tried to describe the concept in the following slides\nHope this helps. Let us know if you have any confusion.
\n\nEDIT: Here's a discusssion on the difference between consonant conjuncts and consonant diacritics.
", "rawMarkdown": "Graphemes in terms of Bengali has not been defined clearly before. So we have tried to describe the concept in the following [**slides**](https://bengali.ai/wp-content/uploads/CV19-COCO-Grapheme.pdf)\nHope this helps. Let us know if you have any confusion.\n\nEDIT: Here's a [**discusssion**]( https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/123002) on the difference between consonant conjuncts and consonant diacritics.", "votes": 76 }, { "id": 753680, "postDate": "2020-02-22T14:41:53.263Z", "content": "smallest unit of a language
", "rawMarkdown": "smallest unit of a language", "votes": 29, "replies": [ { "id": 753762, "postDate": "2020-02-22T16:23:55.090Z", "content": "can you please elaborate?
", "rawMarkdown": "can you please elaborate?" } ] }, { "id": 715578, "postDate": "2020-01-10T16:34:36.047Z", "content": "Indo-European ->Indo-Iranian ->Indo-Aryan ->Magadhi Prakrit -> Eastern Zone -> Bengali-Assamese ->Bengali
\n\nwhich is really interesting to know. Bengali is my mother tongue, I really love the variety of this language. \nThere are so many literature content for this reason. ## Bengali AI Handwritten Grapheme Classification competition will boost the compatibility with AI and advanced technology.
\n\nGrapheme is the smallest unit in a word. It's like the consonant conjuncts.
", "rawMarkdown": "### The Journey of Bengali Language \n\n\nIndo-European ->Indo-Iranian ->Indo-Aryan ->Magadhi Prakrit -> Eastern Zone -> Bengali-Assamese ->Bengali \n\n\nwhich is really interesting to know. Bengali is my mother tongue, I really love the variety of this language. \nThere are so many literature content for this reason. ## Bengali AI Handwritten Grapheme Classification competition will boost the compatibility with AI and advanced technology.\n\nGrapheme is the smallest unit in a word. It's like the consonant conjuncts.", "votes": 7 }, { "id": 700070, "postDate": "2019-12-21T12:06:10.577Z", "content": "I could see that kla as grapheme root in your slide but shouldn't it be a consonant diacritic. Really confused. But really feeling proud of you all's contribution.
", "rawMarkdown": "I could see that kla as grapheme root in your slide but shouldn't it be a consonant diacritic. Really confused. But really feeling proud of you all's contribution.", "votes": 7, "replies": [ { "id": 700276, "postDate": "2019-12-21T18:09:16.113Z", "content": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'. \nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.
\n\nAlso, thanks for the support! It means a lot.
", "rawMarkdown": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'. \nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.\n\nAlso, thanks for the support! It means a lot. ", "votes": 3 } ] }, { "id": 710713, "postDate": "2020-01-05T05:44:31.597Z", "content": "Thanks for sharing! I was so confused, now it is so much better đ
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing! I was so confused, now it is so much better đ ", "votes": 6 }, { "id": 763661, "postDate": "2020-03-04T18:02:26.143Z", "content": "Hi please can anyone explain this discrepancy in this thread\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/133868
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi please can anyone explain this discrepancy in this thread\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/133868", "votes": 3 }, { "id": 701244, "postDate": "2019-12-23T09:27:38.883Z", "content": "This was very well explained! Never knew about it being a Bengali! lol
", "rawMarkdown": "This was very well explained! Never knew about it being a Bengali! lol", "votes": 3 }, { "id": 701126, "postDate": "2019-12-23T06:03:21.010Z", "content": "I am confused with grapheme root, something like 'ka-ta'. Shouldn't we divide them as well?
", "rawMarkdown": "I am confused with grapheme root, something like 'ka-ta'. Shouldn't we divide them as well?\n", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 701129, "postDate": "2019-12-23T06:12:09.710Z", "content": "ka+ta, (could be āĻā§āĻ or āĻā§āĻ¤ ) is a consonant conjunct. According to our definitions that is a grapheme root.
", "rawMarkdown": "ka+ta, (could be āĻā§āĻ or āĻā§āĻ¤ ) is a consonant conjunct. According to our definitions that is a grapheme root.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 701132, "postDate": "2019-12-23T06:13:09Z", "content": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'.\nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.
\n\nUsing this scheme, āĻ is a grapheme root, and āĻā§āĻ¤ is another. These can be further augmented by consonant diacritics, which are separately labeled.
", "rawMarkdown": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'.\nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.\n\nUsing this scheme, āĻ is a grapheme root, and āĻā§āĻ¤ is another. These can be further augmented by consonant diacritics, which are separately labeled. \n", "votes": 2 } ] }, { "id": 743854, "postDate": "2020-02-12T10:27:56.427Z", "content": "Cool
", "rawMarkdown": "Cool", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 733978, "postDate": "2020-01-31T19:14:08.777Z", "content": "Thanks a lot! It is very useful to understand the composition of single words.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot! It is very useful to understand the composition of single words.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 730071, "postDate": "2020-01-27T04:08:19.420Z", "content": "The slide helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing the file.
", "rawMarkdown": "The slide helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing the file.", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 728060, "postDate": "2020-01-24T11:02:26.253Z", "content": "Hi Tahsin,\nCan you tell how come the grapheme roots class 60 and 61 (āĻŖā§āĻ, āĻŖā§āĻ ) look exactly the same as 83 and 84 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ ) ? Are these suppose to be upper and lower cases or something like that? This is from the slides you shared.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Tahsin,\nCan you tell how come the grapheme roots class 60 and 61 (āĻŖā§āĻ, āĻŖā§āĻ ) look exactly the same as 83 and 84 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ ) ? Are these suppose to be upper and lower cases or something like that? This is from the slides you shared.", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 728466, "postDate": "2020-01-24T18:49:18.587Z", "content": "Hi Syed. The difference between 60 (āĻŖā§āĻ = āĻŖā§ + āĻ ) and 83 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ = āĻ¨ā§ + āĻ ) is the alphabets āĻŖ and āĻ¨. As you can see one has a horizontal bar on top of it (called 'matra') and the other doesn't have it. There is a slight difference in the way they are pronounced.\nSame goes for 61 and 84.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Syed. The difference between 60 (āĻŖā§āĻ = āĻŖā§ + āĻ ) and 83 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ = āĻ¨ā§ + āĻ ) is the alphabets āĻŖ and āĻ¨. As you can see one has a horizontal bar on top of it (called 'matra') and the other doesn't have it. There is a slight difference in the way they are pronounced.\nSame goes for 61 and 84.", "votes": 3 }, { "id": 728641, "postDate": "2020-01-25T02:18:39.453Z", "content": "Got it, thanks!
", "rawMarkdown": "Got it, thanks!", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 749174, "postDate": "2020-02-18T11:52:40.003Z", "content": "Thank you for nice question and answer! It is very helpful!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for nice question and answer! It is very helpful!", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 706003, "postDate": "2019-12-29T19:56:16.727Z", "content": "Such a nice presentation for better understanding. Thanks.
", "rawMarkdown": "Such a nice presentation for better understanding. Thanks.", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 705486, "postDate": "2019-12-29T00:58:33.820Z", "content": "Thanks a lot for the presentation! Helped so much.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot for the presentation! Helped so much.", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 701408, "postDate": "2019-12-23T13:11:38.627Z", "content": "An interesting and detailed session on Graphemes.Thanks for sharing
", "rawMarkdown": "An interesting and detailed session on Graphemes.Thanks for sharing", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 699283, "postDate": "2019-12-20T09:14:40.103Z", "content": "\"Bengali words consist of three kinds of graphemes: grapheme root, vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic\"\nAm I right?
", "rawMarkdown": "\"Bengali words consist of three kinds of graphemes: grapheme root, vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic\"\nAm I right?", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 699285, "postDate": "2019-12-20T09:15:53.583Z", "content": "And the images provided are isolated graphemes?
", "rawMarkdown": "And the images provided are isolated graphemes?" }, { "id": 699326, "postDate": "2019-12-20T10:11:54.113Z", "content": "If I'm not wrong , a grapheme consists of the three parts you mentioned - a grapheme root ,vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic. The images are the actual graphemes which consist of all three parts.
", "rawMarkdown": "If I'm not wrong , a grapheme consists of the three parts you mentioned - a grapheme root ,vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic. The images are the actual graphemes which consist of all three parts.", "votes": 2 }, { "id": 699344, "postDate": "2019-12-20T10:42:20.733Z", "content": "Hi Yangjing, the correct phrasing would be \"Bengali words consists of graphemes and each grapheme has up to 3 components: grapheme root, vowel diacritic, and consonant diacritic.
", "rawMarkdown": "Hi Yangjing, the correct phrasing would be \"Bengali words consists of graphemes and each grapheme has up to 3 components: grapheme root, vowel diacritic, and consonant diacritic. \n", "votes": 5 }, { "id": 700053, "postDate": "2019-12-21T11:16:11.493Z", "content": "Thank you
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you" }, { "id": 701034, "postDate": "2019-12-23T02:29:28.100Z", "content": "Thank you for answering. I plot several train images and they ARE exactly what you said.
", "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for answering. I plot several train images and they ARE exactly what you said.", "votes": 1 } ] }, { "id": 766842, "postDate": "2020-03-08T20:31:56.670Z", "content": "nice
", "rawMarkdown": "nice" }, { "id": 718267, "postDate": "2020-01-14T08:23:49.893Z", "content": "I have a question what are we trying to achieve with Handwritten recognition for Bengali. Are we targeting and understanding the mind of the people for some purpose with different type of Bengali graphemes, accents and vowels. May a psychological mapping or for security purposes. If any one can please tell me the mental block will be removed. Thanks
", "rawMarkdown": "I have a question what are we trying to achieve with Handwritten recognition for Bengali. Are we targeting and understanding the mind of the people for some purpose with different type of Bengali graphemes, accents and vowels. May a psychological mapping or for security purposes. If any one can please tell me the mental block will be removed. Thanks", "replies": [ { "id": 718547, "postDate": "2020-01-14T14:15:33.590Z", "content": "I do not think so by this anyone doing research any psychological mapping in this project. As per my knowledge we are just evaluating complex alphabets of words in Bengali language. It's always difficult to read handwritten Bengali language, that is what we are trying to research and improve.
", "rawMarkdown": "I do not think so by this anyone doing research any psychological mapping in this project. As per my knowledge we are just evaluating complex alphabets of words in Bengali language. It's always difficult to read handwritten Bengali language, that is what we are trying to research and improve." } ] }, { "id": 768722, "postDate": "2020-03-11T05:45:56.280Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 762370, "postDate": "2020-03-03T13:32:09.373Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 730938, "postDate": "2020-01-28T06:33:41.730Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": 4, "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 699514, "postDate": "2019-12-20T14:34:43.410Z", "rawMarkdown": "", "votes": 1, "isDeleted": true }, { "id": 743531, "postDate": "2020-02-12T06:10:41.893Z", "content": "thanks
", "rawMarkdown": "thanks", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 735755, "postDate": "2020-02-03T12:35:35.140Z", "content": "Thanks!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks!", "votes": 1 }, { "id": 768655, "postDate": "2020-03-11T04:15:05.770Z", "content": "Thanks a lot!
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks a lot!" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 753680, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-22T14:41:53.263000", "content": "smallest unit of a language
", "votes": 29, "replies": [ { "id": 753762, "author_name": "Mayank Pathela", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-22T16:23:55.090000", "content": "can you please elaborate?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 715578, "author_name": "Buddhadeb Mondal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-10T16:34:36.047000", "content": "Indo-European ->Indo-Iranian ->Indo-Aryan ->Magadhi Prakrit -> Eastern Zone -> Bengali-Assamese ->Bengali
\n\nwhich is really interesting to know. Bengali is my mother tongue, I really love the variety of this language. \nThere are so many literature content for this reason. ## Bengali AI Handwritten Grapheme Classification competition will boost the compatibility with AI and advanced technology.
\n\nGrapheme is the smallest unit in a word. It's like the consonant conjuncts.
", "votes": 7, "replies": [] }, { "id": 700070, "author_name": "Mobasshir Bhuiya Shagor", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-21T12:06:10.577000", "content": "I could see that kla as grapheme root in your slide but shouldn't it be a consonant diacritic. Really confused. But really feeling proud of you all's contribution.
", "votes": 7, "replies": [ { "id": 700276, "author_name": "Sushmit", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-21T18:09:16.113000", "content": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'. \nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.
\n\nAlso, thanks for the support! It means a lot.
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 710713, "author_name": "Aleksandra Deis", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-05T05:44:31.597000", "content": "Thanks for sharing! I was so confused, now it is so much better đ
", "votes": 6, "replies": [] }, { "id": 763661, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-03-04T18:02:26.143000", "content": "Hi please can anyone explain this discrepancy in this thread\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/133868
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] }, { "id": 701244, "author_name": "Risab Biswas", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T09:27:38.883000", "content": "This was very well explained! Never knew about it being a Bengali! lol
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] }, { "id": 701126, "author_name": "Mobasshir Bhuiya Shagor", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T06:03:21.010000", "content": "I am confused with grapheme root, something like 'ka-ta'. Shouldn't we divide them as well?
", "votes": 4, "replies": [ { "id": 701129, "author_name": "Tahsin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T06:12:09.710000", "content": "ka+ta, (could be āĻā§āĻ or āĻā§āĻ¤ ) is a consonant conjunct. According to our definitions that is a grapheme root.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 701132, "author_name": "Sushmit", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T06:13:09", "content": "For the purpose of simplicity we are considering i) standalone consonants ii) standalone vowels & iii) consonant conjuncts all as distinct 'grapheme roots'.\nWe have taken the liberty of defining it in this way to simplify the task of recognizing bangla grapheme components.
\n\nUsing this scheme, āĻ is a grapheme root, and āĻā§āĻ¤ is another. These can be further augmented by consonant diacritics, which are separately labeled.
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 743854, "author_name": "Vadym Kopitsya", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-12T10:27:56.427000", "content": "Cool
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 733978, "author_name": "Silvestre Bahi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-31T19:14:08.777000", "content": "Thanks a lot! It is very useful to understand the composition of single words.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 730071, "author_name": "Sayed Mohsin Reza", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-27T04:08:19.420000", "content": "The slide helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing the file.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 728060, "author_name": "Syed Saad", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-24T11:02:26.253000", "content": "Hi Tahsin,\nCan you tell how come the grapheme roots class 60 and 61 (āĻŖā§āĻ, āĻŖā§āĻ ) look exactly the same as 83 and 84 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ ) ? Are these suppose to be upper and lower cases or something like that? This is from the slides you shared.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [ { "id": 728466, "author_name": "Tahsin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-24T18:49:18.587000", "content": "Hi Syed. The difference between 60 (āĻŖā§āĻ = āĻŖā§ + āĻ ) and 83 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ = āĻ¨ā§ + āĻ ) is the alphabets āĻŖ and āĻ¨. As you can see one has a horizontal bar on top of it (called 'matra') and the other doesn't have it. There is a slight difference in the way they are pronounced.\nSame goes for 61 and 84.
", "votes": 3, "replies": [] }, { "id": 728641, "author_name": "Syed Saad", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-25T02:18:39.453000", "content": "Got it, thanks!
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 749174, "author_name": "Denny Hwang", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-18T11:52:40.003000", "content": "Thank you for nice question and answer! It is very helpful!
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 706003, "author_name": "Munia Humaira", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-29T19:56:16.727000", "content": "Such a nice presentation for better understanding. Thanks.
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 705486, "author_name": "Anatoly Pavlov", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-29T00:58:33.820000", "content": "Thanks a lot for the presentation! Helped so much.
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 701408, "author_name": "mahaksharma", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T13:11:38.627000", "content": "An interesting and detailed session on Graphemes.Thanks for sharing
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 699283, "author_name": "yangjing gan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-20T09:14:40.103000", "content": "\"Bengali words consist of three kinds of graphemes: grapheme root, vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic\"\nAm I right?
", "votes": 2, "replies": [ { "id": 699285, "author_name": "yangjing gan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-20T09:15:53.583000", "content": "And the images provided are isolated graphemes?
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 699326, "author_name": "Satwik", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-20T10:11:54.113000", "content": "If I'm not wrong , a grapheme consists of the three parts you mentioned - a grapheme root ,vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic. The images are the actual graphemes which consist of all three parts.
", "votes": 2, "replies": [] }, { "id": 699344, "author_name": "Tahsin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-20T10:42:20.733000", "content": "Hi Yangjing, the correct phrasing would be \"Bengali words consists of graphemes and each grapheme has up to 3 components: grapheme root, vowel diacritic, and consonant diacritic.
", "votes": 5, "replies": [] }, { "id": 700053, "author_name": "Dr. Hemanth Kumar", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-21T11:16:11.493000", "content": "Thank you
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 701034, "author_name": "yangjing gan", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-23T02:29:28.100000", "content": "Thank you for answering. I plot several train images and they ARE exactly what you said.
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 766842, "author_name": "einstein2020", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-03-08T20:31:56.670000", "content": "nice
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 718267, "author_name": "Geeta Tripathi", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-14T08:23:49.893000", "content": "I have a question what are we trying to achieve with Handwritten recognition for Bengali. Are we targeting and understanding the mind of the people for some purpose with different type of Bengali graphemes, accents and vowels. May a psychological mapping or for security purposes. If any one can please tell me the mental block will be removed. Thanks
", "votes": 0, "replies": [ { "id": 718547, "author_name": "Buddhadeb Mondal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-14T14:15:33.590000", "content": "I do not think so by this anyone doing research any psychological mapping in this project. As per my knowledge we are just evaluating complex alphabets of words in Bengali language. It's always difficult to read handwritten Bengali language, that is what we are trying to research and improve.
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 768722, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-03-11T05:45:56.280000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 762370, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-03-03T13:32:09.373000", "content": "", "votes": 0, "replies": [] }, { "id": 730938, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-01-28T06:33:41.730000", "content": "", "votes": 4, "replies": [] }, { "id": 699514, "author_name": "", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2019-12-20T14:34:43.410000", "content": "", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 743531, "author_name": "Alexandr Surzhikov", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-12T06:10:41.893000", "content": "thanks
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 735755, "author_name": "Muhammad Momin", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-02-03T12:35:35.140000", "content": "Thanks!
", "votes": 1, "replies": [] }, { "id": 768655, "author_name": "Abhay Mittal", "author_url": "", "post_date": "2020-03-11T04:15:05.770000", "content": "Thanks a lot!
", "votes": 0, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "699069": "Graphemes in terms of Bengali has not been defined clearly before. So we have tried to describe the concept in the following [**slides**](https://bengali.ai/wp-content/uploads/CV19-COCO-Grapheme.pdf)\nHope this helps. Let us know if you have any confusion.\n\nEDIT: Here's a [**discusssion**]( https://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/123002) on the difference between consonant conjuncts and consonant diacritics.", "753680": "smallest unit of a language", "715578": "### The Journey of Bengali Language \n\n\nIndo-European ->Indo-Iranian ->Indo-Aryan ->Magadhi Prakrit -> Eastern Zone -> Bengali-Assamese ->Bengali \n\n\nwhich is really interesting to know. Bengali is my mother tongue, I really love the variety of this language. \nThere are so many literature content for this reason. ## Bengali AI Handwritten Grapheme Classification competition will boost the compatibility with AI and advanced technology.\n\nGrapheme is the smallest unit in a word. It's like the consonant conjuncts.", "700070": "I could see that kla as grapheme root in your slide but shouldn't it be a consonant diacritic. Really confused. But really feeling proud of you all's contribution.", "710713": "Thanks for sharing! I was so confused, now it is so much better đ ", "763661": "Hi please can anyone explain this discrepancy in this thread\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/c/bengaliai-cv19/discussion/133868", "701244": "This was very well explained! Never knew about it being a Bengali! lol", "701126": "I am confused with grapheme root, something like 'ka-ta'. Shouldn't we divide them as well?\n", "743854": "Cool", "733978": "Thanks a lot! It is very useful to understand the composition of single words.", "730071": "The slide helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing the file.", "728060": "Hi Tahsin,\nCan you tell how come the grapheme roots class 60 and 61 (āĻŖā§āĻ, āĻŖā§āĻ ) look exactly the same as 83 and 84 (āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ ) ? Are these suppose to be upper and lower cases or something like that? This is from the slides you shared.", "706003": "Such a nice presentation for better understanding. Thanks.", "705486": "Thanks a lot for the presentation! Helped so much.", "701408": "An interesting and detailed session on Graphemes.Thanks for sharing", "699283": "\"Bengali words consist of three kinds of graphemes: grapheme root, vowel diacritic and consonant diacritic\"\nAm I right?", "766842": "nice", "718267": "I have a question what are we trying to achieve with Handwritten recognition for Bengali. Are we targeting and understanding the mind of the people for some purpose with different type of Bengali graphemes, accents and vowels. May a psychological mapping or for security purposes. If any one can please tell me the mental block will be removed. Thanks", "768722": "", "762370": "", "730938": "", "699514": "", "743531": "thanks", "735755": "Thanks!", "768655": "Thanks a lot!" } }