Well, I went into the bookstore on my way to the monastery with the express intention of getting some resources to help me spend the week learning Hindi. However, searching three bookstores yielded "Teach Yourself Bengali" as the closest thing. So ha, I got that.
I can do the writing now, that only took about 3 days for me to grasp. And I'm just starting on the grammar and vocab, actually saying stuff. I don't know how close or mutually intelligible it is to other Indian languages but I'm guessing it's a close cousin.
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