Dinajpuri dialect
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The Dinajpuri dialect is a regional variety of the Bengali language spoken primarily in and around the Dinajpur area of Bangladesh and India, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dinajpuri dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional dialect of Bengali ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bengali–Assamese language group ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Rajbanshi language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rangpuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
distinct lexicon
ⓘ
distinct phonology ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | Standard Colloquial Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dinajpuri Bangla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dinajpuri Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
loanwords from neighboring regional varieties
ⓘ
region-specific vocabulary not used in Standard Bengali ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinct consonant realization compared to Standard Bengali
ⓘ
distinct vowel quality compared to Standard Bengali ⓘ |
| hasStatus | unstandardized spoken variety ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely intelligible with Standard Bengali ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
North Bengal Bengali dialects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rangpuri dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bengali language continuum ⓘ |
| region |
North Bengal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rangpur Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Dinajpur district, Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India NERFINISHED ⓘ Rangpur region, Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent areas of northern Bangladesh ⓘ adjacent areas of northern West Bengal, India ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Eastern Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ |
| typicalDomain | rural speech in Dinajpur region ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of Dinajpur area ⓘ |
| usedIn |
informal communication
ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Bengali script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.