Rangpuri language

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

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.^[6] 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.

Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	North Bengal, Lower Assam
Ethnicity	Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Assamese
Native speakers	10 million (2007)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia–Bengali–Assamese[2] Bengali–Assamese Kamrupa[2] Kamta Central–Eastern Kamta Rangpuri
Writing system	Bengali-Assamese script[3]
Official status
Official language in	India West Bengal[4] (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 [5]

Names

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;^[6] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.^[7]

Comparison with related languages and dialects

English	Kamarupi		Rarhi	Vangiya
	Kamtapuri	Standard Assamese	Standard Bengali	Sylheti	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