Kamtapuri language






































Kamtapuri
Rangpuri
Rajbangshi
Native to
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Native speakers
 15 million (2007)[2]
Language family

Indo-European

  • Indo-Iranian

    • Indo-Aryan

      • Eastern

        • Bengali–Assamese
          • Kamtapuri
Writing system
Eastern Nagari and Devanagari (rarely)
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
rkt – Kamta/Rangpuri
rjs – Rajbanshi
kyv – Kayort[1]
Glottolog
rang1265  Rangpuri[3]
rajb1243  Rajbanshi[4]

Kamtapuri, Rangpuri or Rajbangshi is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken by the Koch-Rajbonshi people people in India, Rajbanshi and Tajpuria in Nepal, and in Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in either Bengali or Assamese.




Contents






  • 1 Names


  • 2 Dialects


  • 3 Comparison with Kamtapuri, Bengali, Assamese and Sylheti language


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Names


Rangpuri goes by numerous names. In Bangladesh, these include Rangpuri, Bahe Bangla, Ancholit Bangla, Kamta, Polia. In India, there is Kamtapuri, Dutta, Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbanshi, Rajbongshi, Goalparia, surjapuri, Koch Rajbanshi. Another name of the language is Tajpuri. In Assam it is known as Kochrajbongshi and Goalparia (which is also known as Deshi bhasha and Uzani). In Bihar it is known as Surjapuri.



Dialects


The main dialects are Western Rajbanshi, Central Rajbanshi, and Eastern Rajbanshi.


The Central dialect has the majority of speakers and is quite uniform. There are publications in this language. The Western dialect has more diversity. Lexical similarity is 77 to 89% between the three dialects. Rajbonshi shares 48 to 55% of its vocabulary with Assamese and Bengali and 43 to 49% with Maithili and Nepali.



Comparison with Kamtapuri, Bengali, Assamese and Sylheti language


































































English Kamtapuri/Koch Rajbanshi Assamese Bengali Sylheti
I do Muĩ kôrông Môe kôrû Ami kôri Mui/Ami xori
I am doing Muĩ koria asông Môe kôri asû Ami kôrchi Mui/Ami xoriar/xorram
I did Muĩ korisông Môe korisû Ami kôrechi Mui/Ami xor(i)si
I did (perfective) Muĩ korilung Môe korilû Ami kôrlam Mui/Ami xorlam
I did (distant) Muĩ korisilung Môe korisilû Ami kôrêchilam Mui/Ami xorsilam
I was doing Muĩ koria asilung Môe kori asilû Ami kôrchilam Mui/Ami xorat aslam
I will do Muĩ korim Môe korim Ami kôrbo Mui/Ami xormu
I will be doing Muĩ koria thakim Môe kori thakim Ami kôrtê thakbo Mui/Ami xorat táxmu


Notes





  1. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices


  2. ^ Kamta/Rangpuri at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
    Rajbanshi at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
    Kayort[1] at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)


  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rangpuri". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rajbanshi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.




References


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  • Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (Ph.D.). The Australian National University.



External links











  • A complete reference grammar of the Rajbanshi language

  • Ethnologue Report on Rangpuri

  • Ethnologue Report on Rajbanshi











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