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Rajbanshi (also called Tajpuria[2]) is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken in Nepal. It is related to, but distinct from Rangpuri/Kamta in Bangladesh and India, which is also known by the alternative name "Rajbanshi", with which it forms the KRNB cluster.[3]

Rajbanshi
Tajpuria
Native to	Nepal
Region	Jhapa District, Morang District
Native speakers	170,000 (2011)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bengali–Assamese Rajbanshi
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: rjs – Rajbanshi kyv – Kayort
Glottolog	rajb1243  Rajbanshi kayo1247  Kayort

Phonology

This section is based on Wilde 2008.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪	ʈ		k
	aspirated	pʰ	t̪ʰ	ʈʰ		kʰ
	voiced	b	d̪	ɖ		ɡ
	breathy	bʱ	d̪ʱ	ɖʱ		ɡʱ
Affricate	voiceless		ts
	aspirated		tsʰ
	voiced		dz
	breathy		dzʱ
Fricative			s		(ʃ)		h
Nasal	plain	m	n̪			ŋ
	breathy	mʱ	n̪ʱ			ŋʱ
Trill	plain		r
	breathy		rʱ
Approximant	lateral		l
	lateral br.		lʱ
	central	(w)			(j)

• /ts, tsʰ, dz, dzʱ/ can often be heard as post-alveolar [tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʱ], when following back vowels.
• /r/ and /rʱ/ can have allophones of [ɽ ɾ] and [ɽʱ ɾʱ].
• /b/ can have allophones of [β w].
• /pʰ/ can also be realised as [f].
• /s/ can also have an allophone of [ʃ].
• /h/ can be realized as voiceless or voiced [ɦ] in word-initial positions.
• /n̪/ can be heard as alveolar [n] before an alveolar consonant, and as a retroflex [ɳ] when preceding a retroflex consonant.
• A word-final /r/ may tend to be voiceless [r̥].
• Central approximants [w j] occur, but are deemed allophones of /u i/.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		ʌ	o
Low	æ	(ɐ)

In addition to these vowels, Rangpuri has the following diphthongs: /ie, iæ, iu, iʌ, ui, uæ, uʌ, ei, eu, æi, æu, ʌi, ʌu/.

• Vowels /i, e/ can have shortened allophones of [ɪ, ɛ].
• /æ/ can also be articulated more central as [ɐ, ä].
• /ʌ/ may also be heard as two sounds [ɜ, ə] in free variation.[4]

Notes

References

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