Rangpuri is an eastern
Indo-Aryan language of the
Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern
West Bengal, western
Goalpara of
Assam in India and
Rangpur Division
Rangpur Division ( bn, রংপুর বিভাগ) is one of the Divisions in Bangladesh. It was formed on 25 January 2010, as Bangladesh's 7th division. Before that, it was under Rajshahi Division. The Rangpur division consists of eight di ...
in Bangladesh.
Many are bilingual in
Bengali and
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with
Rajbanshi and
Surjapuri
Surjapuri is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Eastern India including North Bengal, West Bengal, and Banganchal of Eastern Bihar, as well as in Nepal. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similaritie ...
they form the
Kamta group of languages.
Names
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being ''Bahe'';
["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] though ''Deshi bhasha'' and ''Anchalit bhasha'' is also used.
["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'." ]
Comparison with related languages
Notes
References
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External links
Rangpuri at OmniglotEthnologue Report on Rangpuri
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Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Languages of Bangladesh
Languages of West Bengal
Bengali dialects