North Central Bengali dialects
North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali is a cluster of Bengali dialects and their varieties, spoken in the Varendra region. Varendri dialect was classified by many renowned Indian linguists like Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Sukumar Sen and others. 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.
Comparison
Varendri Bengali is a Bengali dialect belonging to North Bengal. Alongwith Eastern Bengali, the standardised register of Bengali was based on the Central Bengali dialect spoken in Nadia and Greater Kushtia. A comparison of Varendri dialects and their varieties is presented below:Examples:
- English: will eat
- *Standard Bengali: খাবো
- *Eastern Bengali: খামু ; খাইমু ; খাম
- *Varendri Bengali: খামোঁ ; খাইমোঁ ; খাইম
- English: Money
- *Standard Bengali: টাকা
- *Varendri Bengali: টেকা
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