Rangpuri language explained

Rangpuri
Ethnicity:Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, Assamese
Nativename:রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
States:Bangladesh, India
Region:North Bengal, Lower Assam
Speakers: million
Date:2007
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Eastern
Fam5:OdiaBengali–Assamese[1]
Fam6:Bengali–Assamese
Fam7:Kamrupa
Fam8:Kamta
Fam9:Central–Eastern Kamta
Script:Bengali-Assamese script
Nation:
Iso3:rkt
Glotto:rang1272
Glottorefname:Rangpuri (Bangladesh)

Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India. Many are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri they form the Kamta group of languages.

Names

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[3] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.[4]

Comparison with related languages and dialects

- !rowspan="2" English !Kamarupi Rarhi Vangiya
Kamtapuri Standard Assamese Standard Bengali Sylheti Khulnaiya Bengali Dhakaiya Bengali - I do Muĩ korong Moe korü̃/korönɡ Ami kori Ami/Mui xorí Ami kori Ami kori - I am doing Muĩ korir dhorichung Moe kori asü̃/asöng Ami korchhi Ami/Mui xoriar/xorram Ami kortisi Ami kortasi - I did Muĩ korisong Moe korisü̃/korisöng Ami korechhi Ami/mui xor(i)si Ami korsi Ami korsi - I did (perfective) Muĩ korilung Moe korilü̃/korilöng Ami korlam Ami/Mui xorlam Ami kôrlam Ami kôrlam - I did (distant) Muĩ korisilung Moe korisilü̃/korisilong Ami korechhilam Ami/Mui xors(i)lam Ami korsilam Ami korsilam - I was doing Muĩ koria asilung Moe kori asilü̃/asilöngAmi korchhilam Ami/Mui xorat aslam Ami kortesilam Ami kortasilam - I will do Muĩ korim Moe korim Ami korbo Ami/Mui xormu Ami kormu/korbani Ami kormu - I will be doing Muĩ koria thakim Moe kori thakim Ami korte thakbo Ami/Mui xorat táxmu Ami korti thakmu/thakbani Ami korte thakmu -

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Notes and References

  1. PhD. Mathew W S. Toulmin. Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan. The Australian National University. 2006. 305.
  2. PTI . 28 February 2018 . Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal . https://web.archive.org/web/20190416031141/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 . dead . 16 April 2019 . . 8 May 2019.
  3. "Rangpuri: This term is favoured in the Rangpur area, interchangeably with ‘Bahe.’ Chaudhuri (1939) prefers to use Rangpuri to Rajbanshi, as it avoids the problem of being caste-centric." H
  4. "Rangpur, the headquarters of a district in Bangladesh. During this first stage of research, data were collected with speakers at several sites outside the town perimeter (cf. Appendix C of Toulmin 2006). Speakers of this area refer to their mother tongue as either 'Bahe,' 'Rangpuri,' 'Deshi bhasha' or its synonym 'Anchalit bhasha' meaning 'the local language'."