Jamalpuri dialect

E31771

Jamalpuri dialect is a regional variety of the Bengali language spoken primarily in and around the Jamalpur area, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Bengali
belongsTo Bengali language
Bengali-speaking cultural region
closelyRelatedTo Standard Bengali
contrastWith formal Standard Bengali
country Bangladesh
hasConsonantFeatures local realizations of retroflex and dental stops
hasFeature distinct lexical features
distinct phonological features
hasPhonology phonology influenced by local speech patterns of Jamalpur
hasSociolinguisticStatus marker of local identity in Jamalpur area
hasVariation village-to-village lexical variation in Jamalpur area
hasVocabulary local lexical items distinct from Standard Bengali
hasVowelFeatures regional vowel quality differences from Standard Bengali
ISO639Status no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
languageCodeOfParent bn
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
languageOf speakers in and around Jamalpur area
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with Standard Bengali
partOf Bengali language continuum
region central Bangladesh
spokenIn Bangladesh
Jamalpur District
Jamalpur area
status regional dialect
subclassOf Bengali dialect
usedFor everyday communication
usedIn informal contexts
writingSystem Bengali script

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bengali
hasDialects

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