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Dialect of Bengali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali (বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language,[1][2][3] spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India). Varendri dialect was classified by many renowned Indian linguists like Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Sukumar Sen and others.[4] It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand. Varendri dialect has some influences of neighbouring dialects of Maithili and other Bihari languages.
Varendri Bengali | |
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bôrendri Bangla | |
বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা | |
Native to | Bangladesh, India |
Region | Rajshahi, Malda |
Dialects | Bangladeshi variation Indian variation |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | rajs1238 Rajshahi |
Varendri Bengali is a Bengali dialect belonging to North Bengal. The standardised register of Bengali was chosen to be the dialect spoken in Nadia (West-Central Bengal).
Examples:
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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