Language,
dialects and alphabet
Rangpuri
[rkt] Rajshahi division:
Joypurhat area; Rangpur division: Dinajpur, Gaibanda, Lalmonihat, Nilphamari,
Panchagar, Rangpur, and Thakurgaon districts. 10,000,000 in Bangladesh (2007
SIL). L2 users: 325,000 in Bangladesh (2015 SIL). Total users in all countries:
15,325,000 (as L1: 15,000,000; as L2: 325,000). Status: 5
(Developing).Used in the market and for commerce, media, and travel by nearly
all minority language speakers in the greater Rangpur-Dinajpur area. Rangpuri
has reportedly been spoken in the area for centuries. Alternate Names: Anchalit
Bangla, Bahe Bangla, Kamta, Polia. Classification: Indo-European,
Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese.
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