Language Planning and Muhammad Abdul Hai

Panini was the father of language planning. Language policy is recognized as 'language planning'. Scholars of the world's representative languages came together to play a groundbreaking role in revealing the nuances and relationships of various languages. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a Perimeter in this case. Scholars of the world's representative languages created this history at the first international conference held in Hawaii, America in 1964. After that, language planning began in various ways in the country and abroad. Bengali linguists were no exception. Phonetician Muhammad Abdul Hai presented promising formulas and opinions on various aspects of Bengali language planning. Due to his mysterious death, many plans did not see the light of day. Muhammad Abdul Hai was recognized as a modern linguist in the country and abroad. He unraveled the mysteries of the Bengali language in the style of Panini. Rabindranath Tagore introduced the descriptive trend in the discussion of the Bengali language. Muhammad Abdul Hai followed the trend of the elder two great scholars. The language plan he had for the Bangla department of Dhaka University is still worth following for the Bengali-speaking region.The present article discusses Muhammad Abdul Hai's contribution in this regard