Rangpuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern West Bengal, western Goalpara of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh.[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.
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Rangpuri | |
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রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী | |
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Native to | Bangladesh, India |
Region | North Bengal, Lower Assam |
Ethnicity | Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, Assamese |
Native speakers | 15 million (2007)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Bengali-Assamese script,[2] Devanagari script |
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ISO 639-3 | rkt |
Glottolog | rang1265 |
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[4] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.[5]
English | Kamarupi | Rarhi | Vangiya | |||
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Kamtapuri | Assamese | Standard Bengali | Sylheti | Khulnaiya | Dhakaiya | |
I do | Muĩ korong | Moe korü̃/korönɡ | Ami kori | Mui/Ami xorí | Ami kori | Ami kori |
I am doing | Muĩ korir dhorichung | Moe kori asü̃/asöng | Ami korchhi | Mui/Ami xoriar/xorram | Ami kortisi | Ami kortasi |
I did | Muĩ korisong | Moe korisü̃/korisöng | Ami korechhi | Mui/Ami xor(i)si | Ami korisi | Ami korsi |
I did (perfective) | Muĩ korilung | Moe korilü̃/korilöng | Ami kôrlam | Mui/Ami xorlam | Ami korlam | Ami korlam |
I did (distant) | Muĩ korisilung | Moe korisilü̃/korisilong | Ami korechhilam | Mui/Ami xors(i)lam | Ami korilam | Ami korsilam |
I was doing | Muĩ koria asilung | Moe kori asilü̃/asilöng | Ami korchhilam | Mui/Ami xorat aslam | Ami kortilam | Ami kortasilam |
I will do | Muĩ korim | Moe korim | Ami korbo | Mui/Ami xormu | Ami korbani | Ami kormu |
I will be doing | Muĩ koria thakim | Moe kori thakim | Ami korte thakbo | Mui/Ami xorat táxmu | Ami korti thakbani | Ami korbar thakmu |
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