Jamalpuri dialect

E31771

Jamalpuri dialect is a regional variety of the Bengali language spoken primarily in and around the Jamalpur area, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jamalpuri dialect canonical 1
Mymensinghia dialect of Bengali 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional variety of Bengali
belongsTo Bengali language
linked to: Bengali

Bengali-speaking cultural region
closelyRelatedTo Standard Bengali
linked to: Bengali
contrastWith formal Standard Bengali
country Bangladesh
hasConsonantFeatures local realizations of retroflex and dental stops
hasFeature distinct lexical features
distinct phonological features
hasPhonology phonology influenced by local speech patterns of Jamalpur
hasSociolinguisticStatus marker of local identity in Jamalpur area
hasVariation village-to-village lexical variation in Jamalpur area
hasVocabulary local lexical items distinct from Standard Bengali
hasVowelFeatures regional vowel quality differences from Standard Bengali
ISO639Status no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageBranch Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
languageCodeOfParent bn
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
languageOf speakers in and around Jamalpur area
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with Standard Bengali
partOf Bengali language continuum
linked to: Bengali
region central Bangladesh
spokenIn Bangladesh
Jamalpur District
linked to: Mymensingh

Jamalpur area
status regional dialect
subclassOf Bengali dialect
usedFor everyday communication
usedIn informal contexts
writingSystem Bengali script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengali hasDialects Jamalpuri dialect
Mymensingh regionalLanguage Mymensinghia dialect of Bengali
linked to: Jamalpuri dialect