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'''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.
'''Rangpuri''' is an eastern [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages|Bengali-Assamese language]], spoken in [[Rangpur Division]] in Bangladesh, northern [[West Bengal]] and western [[Goalpara region|Goalpara]] of [[Assam]] in India.<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> 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==
==Names==
Kamrupi / Kamtapuri / Rajbanshi / Goalpariya / Rangpuri / Tajpuri / Suryapuri / Barendri / Banga-Kamarupi / Banga-Assamese language, the same language and different names are known in different places.
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==
==Comparison with related languages and dialects==

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"Rajbanshi language" redirects here. For the language spoken in Nepal, see Rajbanshi language (Nepal).

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,[2] Devanagari script
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3rkt
Glottolograng1272

Rangpuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese language, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India.[4] 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

Kamrupi / Kamtapuri / Rajbanshi / Goalpariya / Rangpuri / Tajpuri / Suryapuri / Barendri / Banga-Kamarupi / Banga-Assamese language, the same language and different names are known in different places.

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

  1. ^ Rangpuri at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
  3. ^ PTI (28 February 2018). "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "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)

References

Kamtapuri test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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