Rangpuri language (original) (raw)
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Indo-Aryan language spoken in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal
| Rangpuri | |
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| রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী | |
 Various names of the Rangpuri language in the Bengali–Assamese and Devanagari scripts |
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| Pronunciation | [ɔŋpuri][ɔmpuri][kamtapuɾi][deʃi][kot͡ʃradʒbɔŋʃi] |
| Native to | Bangladesh, India |
| Region | North Bengal, Lower Assam |
| Ethnicity | Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya Shaikh, Assamese |
| Native speakers | 10 million (2007)[1] |
| Language family | Indo-European Indo-IranianIndo-AryanEasternOdia–Bengali–Assamese[2]Bengali–AssameseKamrupa[2]KamtaCentral–Eastern KamtaRangpuri |
| Writing system | Bengali-Assamese script[3] |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  India West Bengal[4] (additional) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rkt |
| Glottolog | rang1272 |
 Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia |
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 Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [5] |
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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.[6] 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.
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe,[6] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha are also used.[7]
| English | Kamarupi | Rarhi | Vangiya | |||
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| Kamtapuri | Standard Assamese | Standard Bengali | Sylheti | Jessore-Khulnaiya Bengali | Dhakaiya Bengali | |
| I do | Muĩ korong | Moe korü̃/korönɡ | Ami kori | Ami/Mui xorí | Ami kori | Ami kori |
| I am doing | Muĩ korir dhorichung | Moe kori asü̃/asöng | Ami korchhi | Ami/Mui xoriar/xorram | Ami kortisi | Ami kortasi |
| I did | Muĩ korisong | Moe korisü̃/korisöng | Ami korechhi | Ami/mui xor(i)si | Ami korsi | Ami korsi |
| I did (perfective) | Muĩ korilung | Moe korilü̃/korilöng | Ami korlam | Ami/Mui xorlam | Ami kôrlam | Ami kôrlam |
| I did (distant) | Muĩ korisilung | Moe korisilü̃/korisilong | Ami korechhilam | Ami/Mui xors(i)lam | Ami korsilam | Ami korsilam |
| I was doing | Muĩ koria asilung | Moe kori asilü̃/asilöng | Ami korchhilam | Ami/Mui xorat aslam | Ami kortesilam | Ami kortasilam |
| I will do | Muĩ korim | Moe korim | Ami korbo | Ami/Mui xormu | Ami kormu/korbani | Ami kormu |
| I will be doing | Muĩ koria thakim | Moe kori thakim | Ami korte thakbo | Ami/Mui xorat táxmu | Ami korti thakmu/thakbani | Ami korte thakmu |
The following text is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written in Rangpuri:[8]
Gôṭe loklā mān ār ôdhikārer ādhārôt jônmojāto shôtôntro ār sômān hôce. Āmāhālār buddhi ār bicār lie āsāl rôhce ār æk āpôsôt bhaibhair bæbôhār korubā lāge.
গটে লোকলা মান আর অধিকারের ধারৎ জনমজাত স্বতন্ত্র আর সমান হচে। আমাহালার বুদ্ধি আর বিচার লিএ আসাল রহচে আর আ্যক আপসৎ ভাইভাইর ববিহার করুবা লাগে।
गटे लोकला मान आर अधिकारेर आधारत् जन्मजात स्वतन्त्र आर समान हचे। अमाहालार बुद्धि आर बिचार लिए आसाल रहचे आर एक आपसत् भाइभाइर ब्यबहार करुबा लागे।
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
- ^ Rangpuri at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ a b Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (PhD). The Australian National University. p. 305.
- ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
- ^ "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal". Outlook India. Press Trust of India. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Ethnologue: Language rkt". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b "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)
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Omniglot Search". Omniglot. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- 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.
