| Rangpuri | |
|---|---|
| Rajbangshi, Kamatapuri, Bahe[1][2] | |
| রংপুরী, রাজবংশী, কামতাপুরী, কোচ ৰাজবংশী, राजबंशी | |
) | |
| Native to | Bangladesh, India |
| Region | Bangladesh, India |
| Ethnicity | Rajbongshi |
Native speakers | 15 million (2007)[3] |
Indo-European
| |
| Bengali-Assamese script,[4] Devanagari script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rkt |
| Glottolog | rang1265 |
Rajbangshi, Rangpuri or Kamatapuri, is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken by the Rajbongshi people in India and Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in either Bengali or Assamese. Together with Rajbanshi, it forms the KRNB lects.
Names
Rangpuri goes by numerous names. In Bangladesh, these include Rangpuri, Kamtapuri, Rajbongshi, and Polia. In India, there is Kamtapuri, Rajbongshi, Rajbanshi, Goalparia, Surjapuri, Koch Rajbanshi. In Assam it is known as Koch-Rajbongshi and Goalpariya (which is also known as Deshi bhasha). In Bihar it is known as Surjapuri or Rajbanshi.
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.
| English | Kamarupi | Rarhi | Vangiya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamtapuri | Assamese | Bengali | Sylheti | |
| I do | Muĩ korong | Moe korü̃/korönɡ | Ami kori | Mui/Ami xorí |
| I am doing | Muĩ korir dhorichung | Moe kori asü̃/asöng | Ami korchhi | Mui/Ami xoriar/xorram |
| I did | Muĩ korisong | Moe korisü̃/korisöng | Ami korechhi | Mui/Ami xor(i)si |
| I did (perfective) | Muĩ korilung | Moe korilü̃/korilöng | Ami kôrlam | Mui/Ami xorlam |
| I did (distant) | Muĩ korisilung | Moe korisilü̃/korisilong | Ami korechhilam | Mui/Ami xors(i)lam |
| I was doing | Muĩ koria asilung | Moe kori asilü̃/asilöng | Ami korchhilam | Mui/Ami xorat aslam |
| I will do | Muĩ korim | Moe korim | Ami korbo | Mui/Ami xormu |
| I will be doing | Muĩ koria thakim | Moe kori thakim | Ami korte thakbo | Mui/Ami xorat táxmu |
Notes
- ^ Simons, Gary F; Fennig, Charles D, eds. (2018). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ^ (Toulmin 2009:5–7)
- ^ Rangpuri at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
- ^ 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.
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.