Rangpuri language

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.[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.

"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
15 million (2007)[1]
Bengali-Assamese script,[2] Devanagari script
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3rkt
Glottolograng1265

Names

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[4] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.[5]

EnglishKamarupiRarhiVangiya
KamtapuriStandard AssameseStandard BengaliSylhetiKhulnaiya BengaliDhakaiya Bengali
I doMuĩ korongMoe korü̃/korönɡAmi koriAmi xoríAmi koriAmi kori
I am doingMuĩ korir dhorichungMoe kori asü̃/asöngAmi korchhiAmi xoriar/xorramAmi kortisiAmi kortasi
I didMuĩ korisongMoe korisü̃/korisöngAmi korechhiAmi xor(i)siAmi korsiAmi korsi
I did (perfective)Muĩ korilungMoe korilü̃/korilöngAmi kôrlamAmi xorlamAmi kôrlamAmi kôrlam
I did (distant)Muĩ korisilungMoe korisilü̃/korisilongAmi korechhilamAmi xors(i)lamAmi korsilamAmi korsilam
I was doingMuĩ koria asilungMoe kori asilü̃/asilöngAmi korchhilamAmi xorat aslamAmi kortesilamAmi kortasilam
I will doMuĩ korimMoe korimAmi korboAmi xormuAmi kormu/korbaniAmi kormu
I will be doingMuĩ koria thakimMoe kori thakimAmi korte thakboAmi xorat táxmuAmi korti thakmu/thakbaniAmi korte thakmu

Notes
  1. Rangpuri at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) closed access
  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)
  5. "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
Kamtapuri test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
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