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{{short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal}}
The Rajbongshi Tribe is referred to as Koch Rajbongshi/Rajbanshi/Rajvanshi. The word Rajbongshi means literally "Royal community". They have a rich cultural heritage and their own language. The homelands of this ancient tribe include West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and various North Eastern parts of India. Because of migration this community can be found in various parts of India and in other parts of the world. The Rajbongshi/Rajbanshi language is spoken by 2,982,280 people according to a 1991 census report for Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Malda, Murshidabad; Assam, Goalpara District; Bihar and Purnia District, in India. The language is also spoken in Bangladesh and Nepal. Other names of the language are Kamtapuri, Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbongshi and Tajpuri. The Rajbanshi language has a complete grammar.
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{{Infobox language
| name = Rangpuri
| image = Rajbanshi Rangpuri Kamatapuri.svg
| ethnicity = [[Rajbongshi people|Rajbongshi]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]], [[Deshi people|Deshi]], Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, [[Assamese people|Assamese]]
| nativename = রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
| states = [[Bangladesh]], [[India]]
| region = [[North Bengal]], [[Lower Assam]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|10.476000|2}} million
| date = 2007
| ref = e26
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 = [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]
| fam5 = [[Odia language|Odia]]–[[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]<ref name="OGK">{{cite thesis|type=PhD|first=Mathew W S|last=Toulmin|title=Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan|url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/45743|publisher=The Australian National University|year=2006|page=305}}</ref>
| fam6 = [[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]
| fam7 = [[Kamarupi Prakrit|Kamrupa]]<ref name="OGK"/>
| fam8 = [[KRNB lects|Kamta]]
| fam9 = Central–Eastern Kamta
| script = [[Bengali-Assamese script]]<ref>{{harvnb|Toulmin|2009|p=72f, 89}}</ref>
| nation = {{IND}}
* [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416031141/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2019 |title=Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal |magazine=[[Outlook India]] |agency=PTI |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> (additional)
| iso3 = rkt
| glotto = rang1272
| glottorefname = Rangpuri (Bangladesh)
}}

'''Rangpuri''' (Rangpuri: অংপুরি ''Ôṅgpuri'' or অমপুরি ''Ômpuri'') is an eastern [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages|Bengali-Assamese branch]], spoken in [[Rangpur Division]] in Bangladesh, northern [[West Bengal]] and western [[Goalpara region|Goalpara]] of [[Assam]] in India.<ref name="t09-rangpuri"/> Many are bilingual in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with [[Rajbanshi language (Nepal)|Rajbanshi]] and [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]] they form the [[KRNB lects|Kamta]] group of languages.

==Names==
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being ''Bahe'';<ref name="t09-rangpuri">"'''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{{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=7}}</ref> though ''Deshi bhasha'' and ''Anchalit bhasha'' is also used.<ref>"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'." {{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=17}}</ref>

==Comparison with related languages and dialects==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" align="center"
|-
!rowspan="2" | English !!colspan="2" | Kamarupi !! Rarhi !!colspan="3"| 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/asilöng||Ami 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
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation |first=Mathew W S |last=Toulmin |title=From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction: The Kamta Historical Subgroup of Indo-Aryan |publisher=Pacific Linguistics | year=2009}}
* {{Cite thesis |last=Wilde |first=Christopher P. |title=A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi |date=2008 |degree=Ph.D |publisher=University of Helsinki |url=https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/19290 |hdl=10138/19290 |hdl-access=free}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{incubator|code=rkt|lang=Kamtapuri}}
* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/rangpuri.htm Rangpuri at Omniglot]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rkt Ethnologue Report on Rangpuri]

{{Languages of Bangladesh}}
{{Languages of India}}
{{Eastern Indo-Aryan languages}}

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[[Category:Languages of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Languages of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bengali dialects]]

Latest revision as of 17:12, 16 December 2024

Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Native toBangladesh, India
RegionNorth Bengal, Lower Assam
EthnicityRajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, Assamese
Native speakers
10 million (2007)[1]
Bengali-Assamese script[3]
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3rkt
Glottolograng1272

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.[5] 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

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Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[5] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.[6]

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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/asilöng Ami 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

Notes

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  1. ^ Rangpuri at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (PhD). The Australian National University. p. 305.
  3. ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
  4. ^ "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal". Outlook India. PTI. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "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(Toulmin 2009:7)
  6. ^ "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'." (Toulmin 2009:17)

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