Rangpuri language

Rangpuri
Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
	Various names of the Rangpuri language in the Bengali–Assamese and Devanagari scripts
Pronunciation	rkt; rkt; rkt; rkt; rkt
Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	North Bengal, Lower Assam
Ethnicity	Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya Shaikh, Assamese
Native speakers	10 million (2007)e26
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia–Bengali–Assamese Bengali–Assamese Kamrupa Kamta Central–Eastern Kamta Rangpuri; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Bengali-Assamese script
Official status
Official language in	India West Bengal (additional);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rkt
Glottolog	rang1272
	Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia
	Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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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
English	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.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^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.
↑ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
↑ "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.
↑ "Ethnologue: Language rkt". Ethnologue. SIL International. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
↑ ^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)
↑ "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)
↑ "Omniglot Search". Omniglot. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

External links[edit | edit source]

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[OGK-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.

[t09-rangpuri-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.

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