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Rangpuri

Indo-Aryan

FamilyIndo-Aryan Speakers~15M ScriptBengali / Devanagari CountriesBangladesh, India Official inNo (recognized regional) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3rkt

Rangpuri (ISO 639-3: rkt) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language of the historical Kamta subgroup, spoken principally in Bangladesh’s Rangpur Division and adjoining northern West Bengal and western Assam in India. Names such as Rangpuri, Kamta or Kamtapuri, and Rajbanshi are applied differently across the region; Rajbanshi can also denote a related but separately coded language in Nepal. Rangpuri forms a dialect continuum with neighboring Kamta-related varieties and has long interacted with Bengali and Assamese, so language-versus-dialect labels often reflect social and political as well as linguistic choices. Its grammar generally uses subject–object–verb order, postpositions, case marking, and inflected verbs characteristic of eastern Indo-Aryan languages. It is written mainly in the Bengali–Assamese script, not in two fundamentally different “Bengali” and “Eastern Nagari” scripts; standardization remains limited, and use is strongest in speech and local cultural expression.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Rangpuri

Water

পানি

/pani/

Fire

আগুন

/aɡun/

Sun

সুরুজ

/suɾudʒ/

Moon

চাইন

/tʃain/

Star

তারা

/t̪aɾa/

Mother

মাও

/mao/

Father

বাও

/bao/

I

মুই

/mui/

You

তুই

/t̪ui/

Name

নাম

/nam/

Eye

চখ

/tʃɔkʰ/

Hand

হাত

/haːt/

Heart

মন

/mon/

Love

মনোয়াব

/monojab/

Tree

গাছ

/ɡatʃʰ/

House

ঘর

/ɡʱoɾ/

Dog

কুকুর

/kukuɾ/

Cat

বিরাল

/biɾal/

Eat

খাওয়া

/kʰawa/

Drink

খাওয়া

/kʰawa/

One

এক

/ek/

Two

দুই

/d̪ui/

Hello

হামার সালাম

/hamaɾ salam/

Thank you

ধইন্যা

/dʱoinɲa/

Good

ভালো

/bʱalo/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Indo-Aryan languages

Meaning RangpuriNagameseBengaliBishnupriya ManipuriChittagonianSylhetiHajong
Water পানি /pani/ pani /pani/ জল /dʒɔl/ পানি /paːni/ ফানি /fani/ পানি /pani/ pani /pa.ni/
Fire আগুন /aɡun/ jui /dʒui/ আগুন /aɡun/ আগুন /aːɡun/ আগ্যন /aɡːon/ আগুন /aɡun/ ag /aɡ/
Sun সুরুজ /suɾudʒ/ suruj /suɾudʒ/ সূর্য /ʃuɾdʒo/ বেল /bel/ সূর্য /surdʒo/ সুরুজ /suruz/ bela /be.la/
Moon চাইন /tʃain/ chand /tʃaːnd/ চাঁদ /tʃãːd/ জুনাক /dʒunak/ চান /tʃan/ চান /tʃan/ jon /dʒon/
Star তারা /t̪aɾa/ tara /taɾa/ তারা /t̪aɾa/ তারা /taɾa/ তারা /tara/ তারা /tara/ tara /taɾa/
Mother মাও /mao/ ma /ma/ মা /ma/ মা /maː/ মা /ma/ মা /ma/ ma /ma/
Father বাও /bao/ baba /baba/ বাবা /baba/ বাবা /baːba/ বাফ /baf/ বাফ /baf/ baba /baba/
I মুই /mui/ moi /moi/ আমি /ami/ মি /mi/ আঁই /ãi/ আমি /ami/ moi /muɪ/
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