Noakhailla dialect

E563492

The Noakhailla dialect is a distinctive regional variety of Bengali spoken primarily in the Noakhali region of Bangladesh, known for its unique phonology and vocabulary.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Noakhailla dialect canonical 2
Noakhaia dialect of Bengali 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Bengali ⓘ
alternativeName Noakhailla Bangla ⓘ
Noakhali Bengali ⓘ
linked to: Bengali
belongsTo Eastern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chittagonian dialect ⓘ
Sylheti dialect ⓘ
linked to: Sylheti language
country Bangladesh ⓘ
educationStatus not used as medium of instruction in formal education ⓘ
ethnicGroup Noakhailla people ⓘ
geographicOrigin Noakhali region ⓘ
linked to: Noakhali
hasNativeSpeakers millions of speakers ⓘ
historicalDevelopment developed from Eastern Middle Indo-Aryan varieties ⓘ
languageCodeStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
lexicalFeature loanwords from Arabic ⓘ
loanwords from Persian ⓘ
loanwords from Urdu ⓘ
unique regional vocabulary ⓘ
linguisticVariation shows internal variation across different upazilas of Noakhali ⓘ
mediaPresence occasionally used in regional television programs ⓘ
used in online comedy and skits ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Standard Bengali ⓘ
neighboringDialect Chandpuri dialect ⓘ
Comilla dialect ⓘ
partOf Bengali language continuum ⓘ
phonologicalFeature distinct intonation patterns ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to Standard Bengali ⓘ
reduction of some final consonants ⓘ
regionType coastal region dialect ⓘ
sociolinguisticStatus often stigmatized compared to Standard Bengali ⓘ
primarily used in informal contexts ⓘ
spokenBy people of Noakhali region ⓘ
spokenIn Bangladesh ⓘ
Bhola District ⓘ
Chandpur District ⓘ
Chittagong Division ⓘ
Comilla District ⓘ
linked to: Cumilla District

Feni District ⓘ
Lakshmipur District ⓘ
Noakhali District ⓘ
linked to: Noakhali
standardizationStatus not standardized ⓘ
subclassOf Eastern Bengali dialect ⓘ
usedIn folk songs ⓘ
local theatre ⓘ
social media content by Noakhali youth ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Noakhali → localDialect → Noakhailla dialect ⓘ
Maijdee → hasLanguage → Noakhailla dialect ⓘ
Noakhali Sadar Upazila → localDialect → Noakhaia dialect of Bengali ⓘ
linked to: Noakhailla dialect