North Central Bengali dialect
Varendri | |
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bôrendri | |
বরেন্দ্রী | |
Native to | Bangladesh, India |
Region | Rajshahi, Malda |
Indo-European
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Dialects | Bangladeshi variation Indian variation |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | rajs1238 Rajshahi |
North Central Bengali or Varendrī (বরেন্দ্রী) is a dialect of the Bengali language,[1] spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India). Varendri was classified by two Indian linguists; Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Sukumar Sen. It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar. Varendri is tonal, and its vocabulary and phonology have a great deal of influence from Maithili and other Bihari languages.
Comparison[]
Varendri is a dialect belonging to North Bengal. The standardised register of Bengali was chosen to be the dialect spoken in Nadia (West-Central Bengal). Examples:
- English: A man had two sons.
- Standard Bengali: একজন লোকের দুটি ছেলে ছিলো (ækjon loker duţi chhele chhilo)
- Dinajpur: æk zôn mansher duikhona bæt̹a/sawal asilo (P)
- Sirajganj : æk zon mainsher duido bæt̹a sol asilo. (P)
- Pabna (Women's dialect): æk zôn mansher duid̹a bæt̹a/sawal asilo. (P)
- Bogra: æk zon mansher duikona bæt̹a/sol~sawal asilo. (P)
- Malda: æk jhon manuser duiţa bæţa/chhawal achhilô. (P)
- Rangpur: æk zon mansher duikna/duikhona bæţa/sawal asilo. (P)
- Rajshahi: æk zon mansher duid̹a bæt̹a/sawal asilo. (P)
- East Purnia (Siripuria): æk jhonar dui chhawal chhil . (P)
- English: (First person) will eat
- Standard Bengali: খাবো (khabo)
- Varendri: খাইমোঁ (khaimõ); খামোঁ (khamõ); খাইম (khaim)
- English: Money
- Standard Bengali: টাকা (taka)
- Varendri: টেকা (tæka)
In popular culture[]
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.
References[]
- ^ বাংলা ভাষা ও উপভাষা, সুকুমার সেন, আনন্দ পাবলিশার্স [Bangla language and dialect, Sukumar Sen, Anand Publishers] (in Bengali).
- Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
- Bengali dialects
- Languages of West Bengal
- Languages of Bangladesh