Dinajpuri dialect

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The Dinajpuri dialect is a regional variety of the Bengali language spoken primarily in and around the Dinajpur area of Bangladesh and India, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dinajpuri Bangla 1
Dinajpuri Bengali 1
Dinajpuri dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional dialect of Bengali ⓘ
belongsTo Bengali–Assamese language group ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Rajbanshi language ⓘ
Rangpuri language ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
distinguishedBy distinct lexicon ⓘ
distinct phonology ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Standard Colloquial Bengali ⓘ
linked to: Bengali
hasAlternativeName Dinajpuri Bangla ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect

Dinajpuri Bengali ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from neighboring regional varieties ⓘ
region-specific vocabulary not used in Standard Bengali ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct consonant realization compared to Standard Bengali ⓘ
distinct vowel quality compared to Standard Bengali ⓘ
hasStatus unstandardized spoken variety ⓘ
languageFamily Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility largely intelligible with Standard Bengali ⓘ
overlapsWith North Bengal Bengali dialects ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect

Rangpuri dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Rangpuri language
partOf Bengali language continuum ⓘ
region North Bengal ⓘ
Rangpur Division ⓘ
spokenIn Dinajpur district, Bangladesh ⓘ
Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India ⓘ
Rangpur region, Bangladesh ⓘ
linked to: Rangpur Division

adjacent areas of northern Bangladesh ⓘ
adjacent areas of northern West Bengal, India ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Indo-Aryan language variety ⓘ
typicalDomain rural speech in Dinajpur region ⓘ
usedBy inhabitants of Dinajpur area ⓘ
usedIn informal communication ⓘ
local cultural practices ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dinajpur → localDialect → Dinajpuri dialect ⓘ
Dinajpuri dialect → hasAlternativeName → Dinajpuri Bangla ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect
Dinajpuri dialect → hasAlternativeName → Dinajpuri Bengali ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect
Dinajpuri dialect → overlapsWith → North Bengal Bengali dialects ⓘ
linked to: Dinajpuri dialect