Rarhi Bengali dialect
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Rāṛhī Bengali (রাঢ়ী বাংলা) or Central Bengali,[1] is a dialect of the Bengali language spoken in the southeastern part of West Bengal, in and around the Bhagirathi River basin of Nadia district[2] and other districts of the Presidency division in West Bengal, as well as the Kushtia District region of western Bangladesh. Associated with the Rarh region of eastern India, it forms the basis of the standard variety of Bengali.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Rāṛhī Bengali | |
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Central Bengali | |
রাঢ়ী বাংলা | |
Native to | India, Bangladesh |
Region | India: Rarh region (Nadia, Howrah, Kolkata, Murshidabad, Bardhaman, Hooghly) Bangladesh: Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga |
Ethnicity | Bengali people of Presidency Division and Greater Kushtia |
Bengali alphabet | |
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ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | cent1983 Central Bengali |
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