North Central Bengali dialect

Varendri Bengali
bôrendri Bangla
বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা
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Native to	Bangladesh, India
Region	Rajshahi, Malda
Language family	Indo-European Indo Iranian Indo Aryan Eastern Zone Bengali-Assamese Bengali Varendri Bengali
Dialects	Bangladeshi variation Indian variation
Writing system	Bengali alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	rajs1238  Rajshahi
ELP

North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali (বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language, spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India). 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. The standardised register of Bengali was chosen to be the dialect spoken in Nadia (West-Central Bengal).

Examples:

• English: A man had two sons.
  • Standard Bengali: একজন লোকের/মানুষের দুটি ছেলে ছিলো (ækjon loker/manusher duţi chhele chhilo)

Dinajpur: ækjôn manusher dui chhawal chhilo (P)

Sirajganj : ækzon mainsher duido bæt̹a/chhol achhilo. (P)

Pabna (Women's dialect): ækjôn mansher dui chhawal chhilo. (P)

Bogra: ækjhon mansher dui bæt̹a/chhoil chhilo. (P)

Malda: ækjhon manuser duţa bæţa/chhawal achhilô. (P)

Rajshahi: ækjon mansher duita bæt̹a/chhawal chhilo. (P)

Joypurhat: æk zon mansher duikona bæta/sawal~sol silo. (P)

East Purnia (Siripuria): ækjhonar dui chhawal chhil. (P)

• English: (First person) will eat
  • Standard Bengali: খাবো (khabo)
  • Eastern Bengali: খামু (khamu); খাইমু (khaimu); খাম (kham)
  • Varendri Bengali: খামোঁ (khamõ); খাইমোঁ (khaimõ); খাইম (khaim)
• English: Money
  • Standard Bengali: টাকা (taka)
  • Varendri Bengali: টেকা (tæka)

In popular culture

Gambhira, a Bengali folk genre is originally evolved with this dialect. This dialect is famous in many Bengali dramas. A web series by Chorki named Shaaticup is created in this dialect.