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Kamtapuri
Rajbangshi (India)
Kamtapuri (India)
Kamtai (India)
Rangpuri (Bangladesh)
Rajbanshi (Nepal)
Native toBangladesh, India, Nepal
Native speakers
15 million (2011)[2]
Eastern Nagari (Official in Bangladesh, Assam and West Bengal) Devanagari (rare uses)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
rkt – Kamta/Rangpuri
rjs – Rajbanshi
kyv – Kayort[1]
Glottolograng1265  Rangpuri
rajb1243  Rajbanshi

Kamtapuri, Rangpuri or Rajbangshi is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken by the Rajbongshi people in Bangladesh and India, and Rajbanshi and Tajpuria in Nepal. Many are bilingual in either Bengali or Assamese.

Names

Rangpuri goes by numerous names. In Bangladesh, these include Rangpuri, Bahe Bangla, Ancholit Bangla, Kamta, Polia. In India, there is Kamtapuri, Dutta, Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbanshi, Rajbongshi, Goalparia, surjapuri, Koch Rajbanshi. Another name of the language is Tajpuri. In Assam it is known as Kochrajbongshi. In Bihar it is known as Surjapuri.

Dialects

The main dialects are Western Rajbanshi, Central Rajbanshi, and Eastern Rajbanshi.

The Central dialect has the majority of speakers and is quite uniform. There are publications in this language. The Western dialect has more diversity. Lexical similarity is 77 to 89% between the three dialects. Rajbonshi shares 48 to 55% of its vocabulary with Assamese and Bengali and 43 to 49% with Maithili and Nepali.

Comparison with Kamtapuri, Bengali, Assamese and Sylheti language

English Kamtapuri/Koch Rajbanshi Assamese Bengali Sylheti
I do Muĩ kôrû Môi kôrû Ami kôri Mui/Ami xori
I am doing Muĩ kôridhorchung Môi kôri asû Ami kôrchi Mui/Ami xoriar/xorram
I did Muĩ kôrchulung Môi kôrisilû Ami kôrêchilam Mui/Ami xorslam
I was doing Muĩ kôridhorchulung Môi kôri asilû Ami kôrchilam Mui/Ami xorat aslam
I will do Muĩ kôrim Môi kôrim Ami kôrbo Mui/Ami xormu
I will be doing Muĩ kôrtê thakim Môi kôri/kôrat thakim Ami kôrtê thakbo Mui/Ami xorat táxmu

Notes

  1. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. ^ Kamta/Rangpuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Rajbanshi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kayort[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

References

  • Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (Ph.D.). The Australian National University. {{cite thesis}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Rangpuri language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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