Khotta Bhasha

Khotta Bhasha
খোট্টা ভাষা کھوٹّا بھاشا
Native to	India
Region	West Bengal
Ethnicity	Khotta people
Native speakers	1 million (2020)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Khotta Bhasha
Writing system	None
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

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 and Farakka, Samserganj, Raghunathganj and Suti I & II blocks in the district of Murshidabad. They are also found scattered in West Bengal in parts of Birbhum, Medinipur & Hooghly and in some places of Chittagong in Bangladesh. There is a language in Jharkhand and in western borders of West Bengal, called 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.

Present circumstances

The total speakers of Khotta Bhasha is about 10 lakhs in the state of West Bengal. 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.

Comparison

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