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{{short description|Language spoken in India}}
{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=bn|otherarticle=খোট্টা_ভাষা|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Khotta Bhasha
| pronunciation =
| altname =
| nativename = {{hlist|{{lang|bn|খোট্টা ভাষা}}|{{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|کھوٹّا بھاشا}}}}}}
| image =
| imagesize = 250px
| imagecaption =
| states = [[India]]
| region = [[West Bengal]]
| speakers = {{sigfig|1|1}} million
| ethnicity = [[Khotta people]]
| date = 2020
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4 =
| script = None
}}
'''Khotta Bhasha''' is the language of the [[Khotta people]], a small group of people who inhabit in the state of [[West Bengal]] in [[India]]. Khotta speakers are of entirely Muslim origin & reside in West Bengal. They mainly inhabit in Kaliachak I & II, Harishandrapur, Ratua and Manikchak block in the district of [[Malda district|Malda]] and Farakka, Samserganj, Raghunathganj and Suti I & II blocks in the district of [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes Report on Khotta Muslim|url=http://wbcbc.gov.in/advice/69-Khotta%20Muslim.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=wbcdc.gov.in|url-status=live|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Chowdhury|first=Patit Paban|date=2013|title=Maldah jelar khottabhasa bhasa tattwik parjabekhan(মালদহ জেলার খোট্টাভাষা : ভাষাতাত্ত্বিক পর্যবেক্ষণ)|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/169217|journal=University of North Bengal|language=Bengali}}</ref> They are also found scattered in West Bengal in parts of Birbhum, Medinipur & Hooghly and in some places of Chittagong in Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=মাতৃভাষা ‘খোট্টা’কে আগলে রেখেছেন ওঁরা|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/people-of-goalmal-are-still-protecting-their-mother-language-1.1109433|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref> There is a language in Jharkhand and in western borders of West Bengal, called [[Khortha language|Khortha]] (sometimes it is also called Khotta) is a well established language with its own literature. But Khotta Bhasha which is spoken in West Bengal is very much different from Khortha language and has no written form.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Khotta Language: Linguistic and Grammatical Identification|url=https://www.academia.edu/6035947/Khotta_Language_Linguistic_and_Grammatical_Identification|last=|first=|date=|website=academia.edu|url-status=live|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

== Present circumstances ==
The total speakers of Khotta Bhasha is about 10 lakhs in the state of West Bengal.<ref name=":0" /> But they all are [[bilingual]] and speak & learn Bengali, as Khotta Bhasha has no written form. At present the language has only an intra community conversational status. Bengali is the only medium of education of [[Khotta People]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" />

== Comparison ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Khotta Bhasha !! Standard Hindi !! Standard Bengali
|-
| মেঙ্কা ''Mengka'' || हमारा ''Hamara'' || আমাদের ''Amader'' || Our
|-
| উস্কিঙ্কা ''Uskingka'' || उनलोगो ''Unlogo'' || ওদের ''Oder'' || Their
|-
| ম্যায় তুরুনি আমে হেঁ। ''May turuni ame he'' || में जल्दी आ रहा हूं। ''Mein jaldi a raha hun'' || আমি জলদি আসছি। ''Ami joldi ashchi'' || I am coming fast
|-
| উসকে সবকে আবে গা। ''Uske sabke abe ga'' || वो सब आएंगे। ''Vo sab aenge'' || ওরা সবাই আসবে। ''Ora shobai ashbe'' || They will all come
|-
| খেলা মে কিস্কে জিতিস? ''Khela me kiske jitis'' || खेल में कोन जीता? ''Khel mein kon jeeta'' || খেলায় কারা জিতল? ''Khelay kara jitlo'' || Who won in the game?
|-
| ত্যায় কা করে হে? ''Tay ka kare he'' || तू क्या कर रहे है? ''Tu kya kar rahe hai'' || তুই কী করছিস? ''Tui ki korchish'' || What are you doing?
|-
| তুম কি ভাত খালিয়ো হো? ''Tum ki bhat khaliyo ho?'' || क्या तुमने चावल खा लिया? ''Kya tumne chaval kha liya?'' || তুমি কি ভাত খেয়ে ফেলেছো? ''Tumi ki bhat kheye felecho?'' || Have you eaten rice?
|-
| তুমরে কাহিলে যাগো নি? ''Tumre kahile jago ni?'' || तुमलोग कियूं नहीं जाओगे? ''Tumlog kiyun nahin jaoge?'' || তোমরা কেন যাবে না? ''Tomra keno jabe na?'' || Why will you not go?
|-
| মেরে অভ্ভি খেলে যাঁঙে নি। ''Mere abhbhi khele jange ni'' || हम अभी खेलने नहीं जाऊंगा ''Ham abhi khelne nahin jaunga'' || আমরা এখন খেলতে যাব না ''Amra ekhon khelte jabo na'' || We will not go to play now
|-
| ম্যায় আজ আর লেচু খাঁঙে নি। ''May aj ar lecu khange ni'' || में आज और लीची नहीं खाऊंगा। ''Mein aj aur lici nahin khaunga'' || আমি আজ আর লিচু খাব না। ''Ami ar licu khabo na'' || I will no longer eat lychees
|-
| মিঝকো আম খায়মে খুব অচ্ছা লগেই। ''Mijhko am khayme khub accha lagei'' || मुझे आम खाना बहुत पसंद है। ''Mujhe am khana bahut pasand hai'' || আমা আম খেতে খুব ভালো লাগে। ''Amar am khete khub bhalo lage'' || I like to eat mangoes
|-
| উ লদ্দিকা কাঁধিমে ঘুরে গিয়া হা। ''U laddika kandhime ghure giya ha'' || वह नदी के किनारे घूमने गया है। ''Vah nadi ke kinare ghumne gaya hai'' || সে নদীর পাড়ে ঘুরতে গেছে। ''She nodir kinaray ghurte geche''
|}

==References==
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{{Languages of India}}
{{Indo-Aryan languages}}

[[Category:Languages of West Bengal]]

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Khotta Bhasha - Revision history

Bhargava1920 at 06:37, 21 March 2026

imported>Titodutta: Cleanup, typo(s) fixed: a intra → an intra