Sadhu bhasha

This article is about the archaic written form of Bengali. For the Standard register of the language, known as Chalita bhasha, see Bengali language.

Sadhu Bhasha
Standard Literary Bengali
Sanskritised Bengali
সাধু ভাষা
RegionBengal
Era19th–20th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Sadhu bhasha (Bengali: সাধু ভাষা, romanized: Sādhu bhāṣā, lit. 'Chaste language') or Standard literary Bengali or Sanskritised Bengali is a historical literary register of the Bengali language most prominently used in the 19th to 20th centuries during the Bengal Renaissance, currently in very limited usage. Sadhu bhasha is used only in writing, unlike Cholito bhasha, the colloquial form of the language, which was used in both writing and speaking. These two literary forms are examples of diglossia. Sadhu bhasha was used in official documents and legal papers during the colonial period; however, it is mostly obsolete in the present day.

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