Rajbanshi language

E588494

Rajbanshi language is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in parts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh by the Rajbanshi ethnic community.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rajbanshi 4
Rajbanshi language canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language
Indo-Aryan language
natural language
alternativeName Rajbansi NERFINISHED
Rajbongshi NERFINISHED
Rangpuri-Rajbanshi NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Assamese language NERFINISHED
Bengali language NERFINISHED
Odia language NERFINISHED
countryStatus minority language in Bangladesh
minority language in India
minority language in Nepal
endangermentStatus vulnerable language
ethnicLanguageOf Rajbanshi people NERFINISHED
family Indo-European languages
glottocode rajb1242
group Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
hasDialect Kamtapuri NERFINISHED
Rangpuri NERFINISHED
Surjapuri NERFINISHED
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Assamese language
Bengali language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalSimilarityWith Assamese language NERFINISHED
Bengali language
hasSociolinguisticFeature often shows diglossia with Bengali or Nepali in formal domains
iso639-3Code rjs
languageBranch Bengali–Assamese branch NERFINISHED
linguisticArea Eastern Indo-Aryan linguistic area
region Assam NERFINISHED
Bihar NERFINISHED
eastern Nepal
northern West Bengal
northwestern Bangladesh
southern Nepal
scriptUsage uses Bengali–Assamese script in India and Bangladesh
uses Devanagari script in Nepal
spokenBy Rajbanshi ethnic community NERFINISHED
Rajbanshi people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Bangladesh NERFINISHED
India
Nepal NERFINISHED
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Eastern Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
usedFor daily communication within Rajbanshi communities
usedIn oral traditions of Rajbanshi people
writingSystem Bengali–Assamese script NERFINISHED
Devanagari script NERFINISHED

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Siliguri commonlySpokenLanguage Rajbanshi language
this entity surface form: Rajbanshi
Dooars languageSpoken Rajbanshi language
this entity surface form: Rajbanshi
North Bengal hasLanguage Rajbanshi language
this entity surface form: Rajbanshi
Jhapa District, Nepal language Rajbanshi language
subject surface form: Jhapa District
this entity surface form: Rajbanshi