Rangpuri language
Rangpuri is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken in India and Bangladesh. Sources disagree about how many people speak it. A 1991 census said it was spoken by 5 million people.[5] It is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken by the Rajbanshi people in India and Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in either Bengali or Assamese. Together with Rajbanshi of Nepal.
| Rangpuri | |
|---|---|
| Rajbangshi, Kamatapuri[1][2] রংপুরী, রাজবংশী, কামতাপুরী | |
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| Native to | Bangladesh, India |
| Region | Bangladesh, India |
| Ethnicity | Rajbanshi |
| Native speakers | 15 million (2007)e21 |
| Language family | |
| Writing system | Bengali-Assamese script,[3] Devanagari script |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rkt |
This is the native language of people of Cooch Behar, Lower Assam, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling and some parts of Bangladesh.
Other names of the language are Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbanshi, Kamta, Kamtapuri, Kamatpuri, Kamatapuri, Kamrupi, Deshi Bhasha. Recently, "Kamtapuri Bhasha Academy" (2017) is formed by West Bengal Government.
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References
- ↑ Ethnologue: Languages of the World (2018). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑ (Toulmin 2009:5–7)
- ↑ Toulmin 2009, p. 72f, 89
- ↑ PTI (28 February 2018). "Kamtapuri, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri make it to list of official languages in Bengal". Outlook India. https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/kamtapuri-rajbanshi-make-it-to-list-of-official-languages-in-bengal/1263116. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ↑ Ethnologue report
