Rangpuri language

Rangpuri language

"Rajbanshi language" redirects here. For the language spoken in Nepal, see Rajbanshi language (Nepal).

Rangpuri (Rangpuri: ?????? Ôngpuri or ?????? Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern West Bengal, western Goalpara of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. 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

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe; though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.

Comparison with related languages
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" align="center"
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 !rowspan="2" | English !!colspan="2" | Kamarupi !! Rarhi !!colspan="3"| Vangiya
|- !Kamtapuri !! Assamese !! Standard Bengali !! Sylheti !! Khulnaiya !! Dhakaiya
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 | I do || Mui korong || Moe korü/koröng ||Ami kori || Mui/Ami xorí || Ami kori || Ami kori
 |-
 | I am doing || Mui korir dhorichung || Moe kori asü/asöng ||Ami korchhi || Mui/Ami xoriar/xorram ||
 Ami kortisi || Ami kortasi
 |-
 | I did || Mui korisong || Moe korisü/korisöng || Ami korechhi || Mui/Ami xor(i)si || Ami korisi ||
 Ami korsi
 |-
 | I did (perfective) || Mui korilung || Moe korilü/korilöng ||Ami kôrlam || Mui/Ami xorlam || Ami
 korlam || Ami korlam
 |-
 | I did (distant) || Mui korisilung || Moe korisilü/korisilong ||Ami korechhilam || Mui/Ami
 xors(i)lam || Ami korilam || Ami korsilam
 |-
 | I was doing || Mui koria asilung || Moe kori asilü/asilöng||Ami korchhilam || Mui/Ami xorat aslam
 || Ami kortilam || Ami kortasilam
 |-
 | I will do || Mui korim || Moe korim ||Ami korbo || Mui/Ami xormu || Ami korbani || Ami kormu
 |-
 | I will be doing || Mui koria thakim || Moe kori thakim || Ami korte thakbo || Mui/Ami xorat táxmu
 || Ami korti thakbani || Ami korbar thakmu
 |-
 |}

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