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| name            = Rangpuri
| name            = Rangpuri
| ethnicity        = [[Rajbongshi people|Rajbongshi]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]], [[Deshi people|Deshi]], Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, [[Assamese people|Assamese]]
| image            = Rajbanshi Rangpuri Kamatapuri.svg
| imagecaption    = Various names of the Rangpuri language in the [[Bengali-Assamese script|Bengali–Assamese]] and [[Devanagari script|Devanagari scripts]]
| image_class      = skin-invert-image
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|rkt|ɔŋpuri|}}<br />{{IPA|rkt|ɔmpuri|}}<br />{{IPA|rkt|kamtapuɾi|}}<br />{{IPA|rkt|deʃi|}}<br />{{IPA|rkt|kot͡ʃradʒbɔŋʃi|}}
| map              = Rangpuri Language Map 20250130004835.png
| mapcaption      = Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia
| map2            = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|
{{small|Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rkt/|title=Ethnologue: Language rkt|website=Ethnologue|publisher=SIL International|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>}}}}
| ethnicity        = [[Rajbongshi people|Rajbongshi]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]], [[Deshi people|Deshi]], [[Nashya Shaikh]], [[Assamese people|Assamese]]
| nativename      = রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
| nativename      = রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
| states          = Bangladesh, India
| states          = [[Bangladesh]], [[India]]
| region          = [[North Bengal]], [[Lower Assam]]
| region          = [[North Bengal]], [[Lower Assam]]
| speakers        = {{sigfig|15|2}} million
| speakers        = {{sigfig|10.476000|2}} million
| date            = 2007
| date            = 2007
| ref              = e21
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2            = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam2            = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
| fam3            = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam3            = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
| fam4            = [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]
| fam4            = [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]
| fam5            = [[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]
| fam5            = [[Odia language|Odia]]–[[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]<ref name="OGK">{{cite thesis|type=PhD|first=Mathew W S|last=Toulmin|title=Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan|url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/45743|publisher=The Australian National University|year=2006|page=305}}</ref>
| script          = [[Bengali-Assamese script]],<ref>{{harvnb|Toulmin|2009|p=72f, 89}}</ref> [[Devanagari script]]
| fam6            = [[Bengali-Assamese languages|Bengali–Assamese]]
| fam7            = [[Kamarupi Prakrit|Kamrupa]]<ref name="OGK"/>
| fam8            = [[KRNB lects|Kamta]]
| fam9            = Central–Eastern Kamta
| script          = [[Bengali-Assamese script]]<ref>{{harvnb|Toulmin|2009|p=72f, 89}}</ref>
| nation          = {{IND}}
| nation          = {{IND}}
* [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416031141/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2019 |title=Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal |last=PTI |date=28 February 2018 |work=[[Outlook India]] |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> (additional)
* [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416031141/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116 |url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2019 |title=Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal |magazine=[[Outlook India]] |agency=Press Trust of India |date=28 February 2018 |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> (additional)
| iso3            = rkt
| iso3            = rkt
| glotto          = rang1265
| glotto          = rang1272
| glottorefname    = Central-Eastern Kamta<!--name as listed at Glottolog-->
| glottorefname    = Rangpuri (Bangladesh)
| notice          = IPA
}}
}}
 
{{Contains special characters|Indic}}
'''Rangpuri''' (Rangpuri: অংপুরি ''Ôṅgpuri'' or অমপুরি ''Ômpuri'') is an eastern [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages|Bengali-Assamese branch]], spoken in [[Rangpur Division]] in Bangladesh, northern [[West Bengal]] and western [[Goalpara region|Goalpara]] of [[Assam]] in India.<ref name="t09-rangpuri"/>  Many are bilingual in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language.  Together with [[Rajbanshi language (Nepal)|Rajbanshi]] and [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]] they form the [[KRNB lects|Kamta]] group of languages.
'''Rangpuri''' (Rangpuri: অংপুরি ''Ôṅgpuri'' or অমপুরি ''Ômpuri'') is an eastern [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] of the [[Bengali–Assamese languages|Bengali-Assamese branch]], spoken in [[Rangpur Division]] in Bangladesh, northern [[West Bengal]] and western [[Goalpara region|Goalpara]] of [[Assam]] in India.<ref name="t09-rangpuri"/>  Many are bilingual in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language.  Together with [[Rajbanshi language (Nepal)|Rajbanshi]] and [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]], they form the [[KRNB lects|Kamta]] group of languages.


==Names==
==Names==
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being ''Bahe'';<ref name="t09-rangpuri">"'''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{{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=7}}</ref> though ''Deshi bhasha'' and ''Anchalit bhasha'' is also used.<ref>"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'." {{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=17}}</ref>
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being ''Bahe'',<ref name="t09-rangpuri">"'''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{{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=7}}</ref> though ''Deshi bhasha'' and ''Anchalit bhasha'' are also used.<ref>"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'." {{harvcol|Toulmin|2009|p=17}}</ref>
 
==Comparison with related languages==


==Comparison with related languages and dialects==
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  {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" align="center"
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  |-
  !rowspan="2" | English !!colspan="2" | Kamarupi !! Rarhi !!colspan="3"| Vangiya
  !rowspan="2" | English !!colspan="2" | Kamarupi !! Rarhi !!colspan="3"| Vangiya
|-  
|-
!Kamtapuri !! Standard Assamese !! Standard Bengali !! Sylheti !! Khulnaiya !! Dhakaiya
!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 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 || Ami/Mui xoriar/xorram || Ami kortisi || Ami kortasi
  |-
  |-
  | 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 || Ami/mui xor(i)si || Ami korsi || Ami korsi
  |-
  |-
  | 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 korlam || Ami/Mui xorlam || Ami kôrlam || Ami kôrlam
  |-
  |-
  | 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 || Ami/Mui xors(i)lam || Ami korsilam || Ami korsilam
  |-
  |-
| 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 || Ami/Mui xorat aslam || Ami kortesilam || Ami kortasilam
|-
  | 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 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 || Mui/Ami xorat táxmu || Ami korti thakbani || Ami korbar thakmu
  | I will be doing || Muĩ koria thakim || Moe kori thakim || Ami korte thakbo || Ami/Mui xorat táxmu || Ami korti thakmu/thakbani || Ami korte thakmu
  |-
  |-
  |}
  |}


==Notes==
==Sample text==
The following text is Article 1 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]], written in Rangpuri:<ref>{{cite web |title=Omniglot Search |url=https://www.omniglot.com/search.htm |website=Omniglot |access-date=2026-04-25}}</ref>
 
===Romanisation===
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.
 
===[[Bengali-Assamese script]]===
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।
 
===[[Devanagari script]]===
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।
 
===[[English language|English]]===
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.
 
==See also==
*[[Sylheti language]]
*[[Assamese language]]
*[[Maithili language]]
 
==References==
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==References==
==Further reading==
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*{{citation |first=Mathew W S |last=Toulmin |title=From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction: The Kamta Historical Subgroup of Indo-Aryan |publisher=Pacific Linguistics | year=2009}}
* {{citation |first=Mathew W S |last=Toulmin |title=From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction: The Kamta Historical Subgroup of Indo-Aryan |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |year=2009}}
* {{Cite thesis |last=Wilde |first=Christopher P. |title=A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi |date=2008 |degree=Ph.D |publisher=University of Helsinki |url=https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/19290 |hdl=10138/19290 |hdl-access=free}}
* {{Cite thesis |last=Wilde |first=Christopher P. |title=A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi |year=2008 |degree=Ph.D |publisher=University of Helsinki |url=https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/19290 |hdl=10138/19290 |hdl-access=free}}
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Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Various names of the Rangpuri language in the Bengali–Assamese and Devanagari scripts
Pronunciationrkt
rkt
rkt
rkt
rkt
Native toBangladesh, India
RegionNorth Bengal, Lower Assam
EthnicityRajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya Shaikh, Assamese
Native speakers
10 million (2007)e26
Bengali-Assamese script[2]
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3rkt
Glottolograng1272
Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia
Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [4]
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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.[5] 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.

Names[edit | edit source]

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe,[5] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha are also used.[6]

Comparison with related languages and dialects[edit | edit source]

English Kamarupi Rarhi Vangiya
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

Sample text[edit | edit source]

The following text is Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, written in Rangpuri:[7]

Romanisation[edit | edit source]

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.

Bengali-Assamese script[edit | edit source]

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।

Devanagari script[edit | edit source]

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।

English[edit | edit source]

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.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Ethnologue: Language rkt". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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)
  6. ↑ "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)
  7. ↑ "Omniglot Search". Omniglot. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

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