Rarhi Bengali dialect
Dialect of Bengali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dialect of Bengali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rāṛhī Bengali (রাঢ়ী বাংলা) or Central Bengali,[1] is a dialect of the Bengali language spoken in the southeastern part of West Bengal, in and around the Bhagirathi River basin of Nadia district[2] and other districts of the Presidency division in West Bengal, as well as the Kushtia District region of western Bangladesh. Associated with the Rarh region of eastern India, it forms the basis of the standard variety of Bengali.[3][4][5][6][7]
Rāṛhī Bengali | |
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Central Bengali | |
রাঢ়ী বাংলা | |
Native to | India, Bangladesh |
Region | India: Rarh region (Nadia, Howrah, Kolkata, Murshidabad, Bardhaman, Hooghly) Bangladesh: Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga |
Ethnicity | Bengali people of Presidency Division and Greater Kushtia |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | cent1983 Central Bengali |
This dialect is prevalent in the Rarh region of India specifically in the West Bengal districts of Kolkata, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Howrah, Hooghly, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Purba Bardhaman. It is also spoken natively in the Chuadanga, Kushtia and Meherpur districts of Bangladesh, which were a part of the Nadia district prior to the 1947 Partition of India. Along with Eastern Bengali dialect, Modern Standard Bengali has been formed on the basis of this dialect.
Extensive use of Obhishruti (অভিশ্রুতি, /obʱisrut̪i/, umlaut). E.g. Beng. Koriya (করিয়া, /koria/, meaning - having done) > Beng. Koira (কইর্যা, /koirya/) > Beng. Kore (করে, /kore/).[8]
Ôbhishruti (অভিশ্রুতি, /obʱisrut̪i/) and Ôpinihiti (অপিনিহিতি, /opinihit̪i/, epenthesis) are two phonological phenomena that occur in spoken Bengali dialects. Opinihiti refers to the phonological process in which a ই or উ is pronounced before it occurs in the word. Obhishruti is the sound change in which this shifted ই or উ becomes removed and changes the preceding vowel. Observe the example above : Koriya (করিয়া, /koria/) > Koirya (কইর্যা, /koira/) > Kore (করে, /kore/). First Opinihiti changes Koriya to Koirya (notice how the I changes position.), then Obhishruti changes Koirya (কইর্যা) to Kore (করে).[10]
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