North Central Bengali dialect

Varendri
bôrendri
বরেন্দ্রী
Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	Rajshahi, Malda
Language family	Indo-European Indo Iranian Indo Aryan Eastern Zone Bengali-Assamese Bengali Varendri
Dialects	Bangladeshi variation Indian variation
Writing system	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.

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