Rangpuri language: Difference between revisions

Rangpuri
Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	North Bengal, Lower Assam
Ethnicity	Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, Assamese
Native speakers	10 million (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia–Bengali–Assamese Bengali–Assamese Kamrupa Kamta Central–Eastern Kamta Rangpuri; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Bengali-Assamese script
Official status
Official language in	India West Bengal (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rkt
Glottolog	rang1272

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 17:12, 16 December 2024

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

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

Comparison with related languages and dialects

English	Kamarupi		Rarhi	Vangiya
English	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

^ Rangpuri at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^ ^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.
^ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
^ "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.
^ ^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)
^ "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)

References

Toulmin, Mathew W S (2009), From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction: The Kamta Historical Subgroup of Indo-Aryan, Pacific Linguistics
Wilde, Christopher P. (2008). A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi (Ph.D thesis). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/19290.

External links

[e26-1] Rangpuri at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

[OGK-2] 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.

[t09-rangpuri-5] "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)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal}}
-{{copyedit}}
+{{Redirect|Rajbanshi language|the language spoken in Nepal|Rajbanshi language (Nepal)}}
+{{More citations needed|date=June 2020}}
+{{EngvarB|date=October 2019}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
+{{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.
-'''Rajbanshi language''' is spoken by  2,982,280 people accordind to 1991 cencus report in [[Jalpaiguri]], [[Cooch Behar]], [[Darjeeling]], [[Malda]], [[Murshidabad]]; [[Assam]], [[Goalpara District]]; [[Bihar]], [[Purnia District]]. Also spoken in [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]].
+==Names==
-The other name of the language are Kamtapuri, Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbongshi, Tajpuri.
+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==
-==Dialects==
-The main dialects are Western Rajbanshi, Central Rajbanshi and Eastern Rajbanshi.
+ {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" align="center"
-Central dialect has majority of speakers and is quite uniform; it is used in publications. Western dialect has more diversity. Lexical similarity 77% to 89% between dialects, 48% to 55% with Hindi, 43% to 49% with Nepali.
+ |-
+ !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
+ |-
+ |}
-==Classification==
+==Notes==
+{{reflist}}
-Classifiaction of the language into Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese
+==References==
-{{lang-stub}}
+{{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==
-{{catneeded}}
+{{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}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajbanshi Language}}
+[[Category:Eastern Indo-Aryan languages]]
+[[Category:Languages of Bangladesh]]
+[[Category:Languages of West Bengal]]
+[[Category:Bengali dialects]]

v t e Languages of Bangladesh
Official language	Bengali
Indo-European	Assamese Goalpariya Kamrupi Bengali Chittagonian Dhakaiya Kutti Dobhashi Eastern Bengali Noakhailla Rangpuri Rarhi Sylheti Varendri Bihari Bishnupriya Chakma English Bangladeshi English Hajong Hindustani Dhakaiya Urdu Hindi Urdu Khotta Odia Persian Rohingya Sadri (Nagpuri)
Sino-Tibetan	Shö A'Tong Bawm Sak Kukish Falam Garo Hakha Chin (Laiholh) Khumi Koch Kokborok Megam Meitei (Manipuri) Mizo Mru Pangkhu Rakhine (Marma) Rengmitca Tanchangya
Austroasiatic	Khasi Koda Kol Mundari Pnar Santali War-Jaintia
Dravidian	Kurukh Sauria Paharia
Afro-Asiatic	Arabic
Sign	Indo-Pakistani Sign Language