Rarhi Bengali dialect
| Central Standard Bengali Rarhi | |
|---|---|
| Standard Bengali dialect | |
| রাঢ়ী উপভাষা | |
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| Native to | India |
| Region | Presidency Division, Nadia district, Purba Bardhaman district |
Native speakers | Bengali people of Presidency Division |
Indo-European
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| Bengali alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | bn |
| ISO 639-2 | ben |
| ISO 639-3 | ben |
| Glottolog | cent1983 Central Bengali |
Rarhi (/rɔːri/;রাঢ়ী) or Central Standard Bengali is a dialect of Bengali language spoken in the southeastern part of West Bengal, in and around the Bhagirathi River basin of Nadia district[1] and the presidency division in West Bengal. It forms the basis of the standard variety of Bengali.[2][3][4][5][6]
Features
Extensive use of Obhishruti (অভিশ্রুতি, /obʱisrut̪i/). E.g. old Bengali Koriya (করিয়া, /koria/, meaning - having done) > Beng. Koira (কইরা, /koira/) > Beng. Kore (করে, /kore/).[7]
- The change of অ to ও, when অ is the first sound of a word where the অ is followed by ই(ি), ও(ো), ক্ষ or য. E.g. Ati (written অতি, means 'excess') is pronounced as Oti (ওতি, /ot̪i/).
- Use of vowel harmony. E.g. Bilati (বিলাতি, /bilat̪i/, meaning - foreign) became Biliti (বিলিতি, /biliti/).[8]
Obhishruti and Opinihiti
Obhishruti (অভিশ্রুতি, /obʱisrut̪i/) and Opinihiti (অপিনিহিতি, /opinihit̪i/) are two phonological phenomena that occur in spoken Bengali. Opinihiti refers to the phonological process in which a ই or উ is pronounced before it occurs in the word. Obhishruti is the sound change in which this shifted ই or উ becomes removed and changes the preceding vowel. Observe the example above : Koriya (করিয়া, /koria/) > Koira (কইরা, /koira/) > Kore (করে, /kore/). First Opinihiti changes Koriya to Koira (notice how the I changes position.), then Obhishruti changes Koira (কইরা) to Kore (করে).[9]
References
- ^ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810880245.
- ^ Karan, Sudhir Kumar (2004). Thus Flows The Ganges. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170999232.
- ^ Calcutta, Philological Society of (1966). Bulletin of the Philological Society of Calcutta. Department of Comparative Philology, University of Calcutta.
- ^ Indian Journal of Linguistics. 20. Bhasa Vidya Parishad: 79. 2001 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0yxhAAAAMAAJ&q=Rarhi.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Bangladesh Quarterly. Department of Films & Publications, Government of Bangladesh. 2002. p. 6.
- ^ Calcutta, Philological Society of (1966). Bulletin.
- ^ Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975.
- ^ SK Chatterji, The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, Calcutta University, Calcutta, 1926; CP Masica, The Indo-Aryan Languages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991.
- ^ Sunitikumar Chattopadhyay (1939) ভাষা-প্রকাশ বাঙ্গালা ব্যাকরণ, Calcutta University