Rangpuri language

Rajbangshi, Rangpuri, or Kamatapuri, is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken by the Rajbongshi people in India and Bangladesh, and Rajbanshi and Tajpuria in Nepal. Many are bilingual in either Bengali or Assamese.

Not to be confused with KRNB lects.

Rangpuri
Rajbangshi
Native toBangladesh, India, Nepal
EthnicityRajbongshi
Native speakers
15 million (2007)[2]
Indo-European
Bengali-Assamese
Official status
Official language in
 India (West Bengal)[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
rkt – Kamtapuri/Rangpuri
rjs – Rajbanshi
kyv – Kayort[4]
Glottolograng1265  Rangpuri[5]
rajb1243  Rajbanshi[6]

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 Nepal it is known as Rajbanshi or Tajpuriya. 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.

EnglishKamarupiRarhiVangiya
KamtapuriAssameseBengaliSylheti
I doMuĩ korongMoe korü̃/korönɡAmi koriMui/Ami xori
I am doingMuĩ koria asongMoe kori asü̃/asöngAmi korchiMui/Ami xoriar/xorram
I didMuĩ korisongMoe korisü̃/korisöngAmi korechiMui/Ami xor(i)si
I did (perfective)Muĩ korilungMoe korilü̃/korilöngAmi kôrlamMui/Ami xorlam
I did (distant)Muĩ korisilungMoe korisilü̃/korisilongAmi korechilamMui/Ami xorsilam
I was doingMuĩ koria asilungMoe kori asilü̃/asilöngAmi korchilamMui/Ami xorat aslam
I will doMuĩ korimMoe korimAmi korboMui/Ami xormu
I will be doingMuĩ koria thakimMoe kori thakimAmi korte thakboMui/Ami xorat táxmu

Notes
  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Kamtapuri/Rangpuri at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
    Rajbanshi at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
    Kayort[1] at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
  3. PTI (28 February 2018). "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi ,Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal". India Today. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  5. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rangpuri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  6. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rajbanshi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

References
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