Khotta Bhasha

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Khotta Bhasha
  • খোট্টা ভাষা
  • کھوٹّا بھاشا
Native toIndia
RegionWest Bengal
EthnicityKhotta people
Native speakers
1 million (2020)
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Khotta Bhasha
Writing system
None
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Khotta Bhasha is the language of the Khotta people, a small group of people who inhabit in the state of West Bengal in India. Khotta speakers are of entirely Muslim origin & reside in West Bengal. They mainly inhabit in Kaliachak I & II, Harishandrapur, Ratua and Manikchak block in the district of Malda and Farakka, Samserganj, Raghunathganj and Suti I & II blocks in the district of Murshidabad.[1][2] They are also found scattered in West Bengal in parts of Birbhum, Medinipur & Hooghly and in some places of Chittagong in Bangladesh.[citation needed][1][3] There is a language in Jharkhand and in western borders of West Bengal, called Khortha (sometimes it is also called Khotta) is a well established language with its own literature. But Khotta Bhasha which is spoken in West Bengal is very much different from Khortha language and has no written form.[1][4]

Present circumstances[]

The total speakers of Khotta Bhasha is about 10 lakhs in the state of West Bengal.[1] But they all are bilingual and speak & learn Bengali, as Khotta Bhasha has no written form. At present the language has only an intra community conversational status. Bengali is the only medium of education of Khotta People.[1][3][4][2]

Comparison[]

Khotta Bhasha Standard Hindi Standard Bengali
মেঙ্কা
Mengka		 हमारा
Hamara		 আমাদের
Amader		 Our
উস্কিঙ্কা
Uskingka		 उनलोगो
Unlogo		 ওদের
Oder		 Their
ম্যায় তুরুনি আমে হেঁ।
May turuni ame he		 में जल्दी आ रहा हूं।
Mein jaldi a raha hun		 আমি জলদি আসছি।
Ami joldi ashchi		 I am coming fast
উসকে সবকে আবে গা।
Uske sabke abe ga		 वो सब आएंगे।
Vo sab aenge		 ওরা সবাই আসবে।
Ora shobai ashbe		 They will all come
খেলা মে কিস্কে জিতিস?
Khela me kiske jitis		 खेल में कोन जीता?
Khel mein kon jeeta		 খেলায় কারা জিতল?
Khelay kara jitlo		 Who won in the game?
ত্যায় কা করে হে?
Tay ka kare he		 तू क्या कर रहे है?
Tu kya kar rahe hai		 তুই কী করছিস?
Tui ki korchish		 What are you doing?
তুম কি ভাত খালিয়ো হো?
Tum ki bhat khaliyo ho?		 क्या तुमने चावल खा लिया?
Kya tumne chaval kha liya?		 তুমি কি ভাত খেয়ে ফেলেছো?
Tumi ki bhat kheye felecho?		 Have you eaten rice?
তুমরে কাহিলে যাগো নি?
Tumre kahile jago ni?		 तुमलोग कियूं नहीं जाओगे?
Tumlog kiyun nahin jaoge?		 তোমরা কেন যাবে না?
Tomra keno jabe na?		 Why will you not go?
মেরে অভ্ভি খেলে যাঁঙে নি।
Mere abhbhi khele jange ni		 हम अभी खेलने नहीं जाऊंगा
Ham abhi khelne nahin jaunga		 আমরা এখন খেলতে যাব না
Amra ekhon khelte jabo na		 We will not go to play now
ম্যায় আজ আর লেচু খাঁঙে নি।
May aj ar lecu khange ni		 में आज और लीची नहीं खाऊंगा।
Mein aj aur lici nahin khaunga		 আমি আজ আর লিচু খাব না।
Ami ar licu khabo na		 I will no longer eat lychees
মিঝকো আম খায়মে খুব অচ্ছা লগেই।
Mijhko am khayme khub accha lagei		 मुझे आम खाना बहुत पसंद है।
Mujhe am khana bahut pasand hai		 আমা আম খেতে খুব ভালো লাগে।
Amar am khete khub bhalo lage		 I like to eat mangoes
উ লদ্দিকা কাঁধিমে ঘুরে গিয়া হা।
U laddika kandhime ghure giya ha		 वह नदी के किनारे घूमने गया है।
Vah nadi ke kinare ghumne gaya hai		 সে নদীর পাড়ে ঘুরতে গেছে।
She nodir kinaray ghurte geche

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes Report on Khotta Muslim" (PDF). wbcdc.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Chowdhury, Patit Paban (2013). "Maldah jelar khottabhasa bhasa tattwik parjabekhan(মালদহ জেলার খোট্টাভাষা : ভাষাতাত্ত্বিক পর্যবেক্ষণ)". University of North Bengal (in Bengali).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "মাতৃভাষা 'খোট্টা'কে আগলে রেখেছেন ওঁরা". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Khotta Language: Linguistic and Grammatical Identification". academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-27.


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