Northern Bengali | |
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āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž | |
Native to | Bangladesh India |
Region | Bangladesh Rajshahi Division, Rangpur Division Jalpaiguri Division, Malda Division |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | â |
Glottolog | nort2658 Northern Bengali |
Northern Bengali, also known as Uttaravaáš gÄĢáēa (Bengali: āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ, romanized: uttôrbôᚠgÄĢáēô)/UdÄĢcya (Bengali: āĻāĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¯, romanized: udÄĢchyô), is: a nonstandard dialect cluster of Bengali spoken in northern parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, as well adjacent areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Nepal.
Geographical distributionâģ
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah divided all Bengali dialects into two groups: PrÄcya (Bengali: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯, romanized: prachyô, lit. 'eastern') and PÄÅcÄtya (Bengali: āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, romanized: pashchatyô, lit. 'western'). Within his PÄÅcÄtya grouping, he created the: division of "Northern" or "UdÄĢcya", correspondingââto theââcombined dialect groups of "Varendra" and "KÄmarÅĢpa" proposed by, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, with the remaining area correspondingââto RÄá¸ha dialects. This Northern Bengali dialect is said to be, spoken from Goalpara to Purnia, encompassing much of the historical regions of Kamarupa and Varendra. This area includes the modern divisions of Rangpur and Rajshahi in Bangladesh as well as Jalpaiguri and Malda in West Bengal.
Comparisonâģ
Dialect | A man had two sons. |
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SÄdhu BhÄášŖÄ | āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛
kono ÃĒk bektir duáši putrô chhilô |
Dinajpur | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛
ÃĒk jôn manusher dui chhawa chhilô |
Malda | āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§âāĻ˛
ÃĒk jhon manuser duáša bÃĒáša achhlô |
Malda (Koch) | āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§âāĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§âāĻ˛ā§
ÃĒk jhonamanser duáša bÃĒáša achhlo |
Purnia | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛
ek jhônar dui chhua chhil |
Bogra | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛
ÃĒk jhôner dui bÃĒášachhôil achhilô |
Pabna | āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§âāĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛
kono mansher dui chhawal chhilô |
Goalpara | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§âāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛
ÃĒk zônkar dui bÃĒáša asil |
Rangpur | āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§âāĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§âāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¨
ÃĒkzôn mansher duikna bÃĒáša asil |
Jalpaiguri | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§âāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§
ÃĒk jhônkar dui jhôn beáša achhil |
Cooch Behar | āĻāĻ āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§âāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§
ÃĒk jôna manshir dui kona bÃĒáša achhil |
Darjeeling | āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§âāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛
ÃĒk jhônkar duiáša bÃĒáša chhilô |
Referencesâģ
- ^ Morshed, Abul Kalam Manzur (5 May 2014). "āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž". āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž.
- ^ Shahidullah (1958:62)
- ^ Shahidullah 1958, p. 62: "āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻšāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¤āĨ¤"
Further readingâģ
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926). The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language. Calcutta University Press.
- Grierson, George Abraham (1903). Linguistic Survey of India. Vol. V. Calcutta: Office of the "Superintendent," Government Printing, "India."
- Sen, Sukumar (1957). āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ (in Bengali). āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ.
- Shahidullah, Muhammad (1958). āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ (in Bengali). āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸.
- Shahidullah, Muhammad (1965). āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ (in Bengali). āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽā§.