Universal Networking Language Based Analysis and Generation for Bengali Case Structure Constructs

Case structure analysis forms the foundation for any natural language processing task. In this paper we present the computational analysis of the complex case structure of Bengalia member of the Indo Aryan family of languageswith a view toward interlingua based MT. Bengali is ranked 4 in the list of languages ordered according to the size of the population that speaks the language. Extremely interesting language phenomena involving morphology, case structure, word order and word senses makes the processing of Bengali a worthwhile and challenging proposition. A recently proposed scheme called the Universal Networking Language has been used as the interlingua. The approach is adaptable to other members of the vast Indo Aryan language family. The parallel development of both the analyzer and the generator system leads to an insightful intra-system verification process in place. Our approach is rule based and makes use of authoritative treatises on Bengali grammar.