Rangpuri | |
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রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী | |
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Native to | Bangladesh, India |
Region | North Bengal, Lower Assam |
Ethnicity | Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Rangpuri, Assamese |
Native speakers | 10 million (2007)[1] |
Bengali-Assamese script,[3] Devanagari script | |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rkt |
Glottolog | rang1272 |
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.
Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[5] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.[6]