Rangpuri language

Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India.^[6] Many are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri, they form the Kamta group of languages.

NativetoBangladesh, India

RegionNorth Bengal, Lower Assam

EthnicityRajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya Shaikh, Assamese

Native speakers

10 million (2007)^[1]

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Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	North Bengal, Lower Assam
Ethnicity	Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya Shaikh, Assamese
Native speakers	10 million (2007)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Odia–Bengali–Assamese[2] Bengali–Assamese Kamrupa[2] Kamta Central–Eastern Kamta Rangpuri
Writing system	Bengali-Assamese script[3]
Official status
Official language in	India West Bengal[4] (additional)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rkt
Glottolog	rang1272
Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia
Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger [5]

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