Northern Bengali dialects


Northern Bengali, also known as Uttaravaṅgīẏa or Udīcya, is a nonstandard dialect cluster of Bengali spoken in northern parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, as well adjacent areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Nepal.

Geographical distribution

divided all Bengali dialects into two groups: Prācya and Pāścātya. Within his Pāścātya grouping, he created the division of "Northern" or "Udīcya", corresponding to the combined dialect groups of "Varendra" and "Kāmarūpa" proposed by Suniti Kumar Chatterji, with the remaining area corresponding to Rāḍha dialects. This Northern Bengali dialect is said to be spoken from Goalpara to Purnia, encompassing much of the historical regions of Kamarupa and Varendra. This area includes the modern divisions of Rangpur and Rajshahi in Bangladesh as well as Jalpaiguri and Malda in West Bengal.

Comparison

English: A man had two sons.
Sādhu Bhāṣā: কোন এক ব্যক্তির দুটি পুত্ত্র ছিল

Rajshaiya dialect">Varendri dialect">Rajshaiya dialect

Pabnaiya dialect">Varendri dialect">Pabnaiya dialect

Maldaiya dialect">Varendri dialect">Maldaiya dialect

Bograiya dialect">Varendri dialect">Bograiya dialect

Murshidabadi dialect">Varendri dialect">Murshidabadi dialect

Dinajpuri (Varendri) dialect">Varendri dialect">Dinajpuri (Varendri) dialect

[Goalpariya dialect]

Rangpuri dialect">Rangpuri language">Rangpuri dialect

Kamtapur-Rajbangshi dialect">KRDS lects">Kamtapur-Rajbangshi dialect