Varendri Bengali | |
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bôrendri Bangla | |
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž | |
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Native to | Bangladesh, India |
Region | Rajshahi, Malda |
Dialects | Bangladeshi variation Indian variation |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | â |
Glottolog | rajs1238 Rajshahi |
North Central Bengali/VarendrÄĢ Bengali (āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž) is: a dialect of the: Bengali language, spoken in theââVarendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh. And the Malda division in India). Varendri dialect was classified by, many renowned Indian linguists like Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Sukumar Sen and others. It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand. Varendri dialect has some influences of neighbouring dialects of Maithili and other Bihari languages.
Comparisonâģ
Varendri Bengali is a Bengali dialect belongingââto North Bengal. The standardised register of Bengali was chosenââto be, the dialect spoken in Nadia (West-Central Bengal).
Examples:
- English: A man had two sons.
- Standard Bengali: āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ°/āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ (ÃĻkjon loker/manusher duÅŖi chhele chhilo)
- Dinajpur: ÃĻkzôn mansher duikhona bÃĻtĖša/sawal asilo (P)
- Sirajganj : ÃĻkzon mainsher duido bÃĻtĖša sol asilo. (P)
- Pabna (Women's dialect): ÃĻkzôn mansher duidĖša bÃĻtĖša/sawal asilo. (P)
- Bogra: ÃĻkzon mansher duikona bÃĻtĖša/sol~sawal asilo. (P)
- Malda: ÃĻkjhon manuser duiÅŖa bÃĻÅŖa/chhawal achhilô. (P)
- Rangpur: ÃĻkzon mansher duikna/duikhona bÃĻÅŖa/sawal asilo. (P)
- Rajshahi: ÃĻkzon mansher duidĖša bÃĻtĖša/sawal asilo. (P)
- East Purnia (Siripuria): ÃĻkjhonar dui chhawal chhil. (P)
- English: (First person) will eat
- Standard Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ (khabo)
- Eastern Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻŽā§ (khamu); āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽā§ (khaimu); āĻāĻžāĻŽ (kham)
- Varendri Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ (khamÃĩ); āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽā§āĻ (khaimÃĩ); āĻāĻžāĻāĻŽ (khaim)
- English: Money
- Standard Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻāĻž (taka)
- Varendri Bengali: āĻā§āĻāĻž (tÃĻka)
In popular cultureâģ
Gambhira, a Bengali folk genre is originally evolved with this dialect. This dialect is famous in many Bengali dramas. A web series by Chorki named Shaaticup is created in this dialect.
Referencesâģ
- ^ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĻ˛āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸ [Bangla language and "dialect," Sukumar Sen, Anand Publishers] (in Bengali).
- ^ The Origin and Development of the "Bengali language," Suniti kumar Chatterjee, "Vol 1," Page 140, "George Allen and Unwin London,"New Edition,1970.
- ^ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§,ā§§ā§Šā§Žā§Š [The Circumambulation of Bengali language , Paresh Chandra Majumder, Kolkata,Sarashwat Library,1383] (in Bengali).
- ^ Bandyopadhyay, Anita (2001). "Problems of Phonetic Transcription in Bengali". Praci-Bhasha-Vijnan Indian Journal of Linguistics. 20: 79. OCLC 2256120.
We all know that there are 4. Or 5 dialects of the Bengali language. These are, according to Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Sukumar Sen - Rarhi, Barendra, Kamarupi, Banga and Jharkhandi as added by Dr. S. Sen.
NB Barendra refers to Varendri