Rangpuri

Also known as Kamtapuri language, Rangpuri language, Rajbanshi language, Deshi language, Deshi

Indo-Aryan language spoken in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal

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Pronunciation: [ ɔŋpuɾiː ] , [ ɔmpuɾiː ] , [ kamt̪aː ] , [ kamt̪apuɾiː ] , [ kot͡ʃradʒbɔŋʃi ]
Native to: Bangladesh , India
Region: North Bengal , Lower Assam
Ethnicity: Rajbongshi , Bengali , Deshi , Nashya Shaikh , Assamese
Native speakers: 10 million (2007)
Language family: Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia – Bengali–Assamese Bengali–Assamese Kamrupa Kamta Central–Eastern Kamta Rangpuri
Writing system: Bengali-Assamese script
Official language in: India West Bengal (additional)
Iso 639 3: rkt
Glottolog: rang1265 Central-Eastern Kamta, rang1272 Rangpuri (Bangladesh), kamt1243 Kamta (India), bahe1242 Bahe

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Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India. In India, the language is known as Kamta or Kamtapuri (Rangpuri: কামতা Kāmtā or কামতাপুৰি Kāmtāpuri) Many Rangpuri or Kamta speakers are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group. Together with Goalpariya/Deshi, Kayort, Rajbanshi and Surjapuri, they form the KRDS group of languages.

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