Rangpuri language
| Rangpuri | |
|---|---|
| রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী | |
| Native to | Bangladesh, India |
| Region | North Bengal, Lower Assam |
| Ethnicity | Rajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Assamese |
Native speakers | 10 million (2007) |
| Bengali-Assamese script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rkt |
| Glottolog | rang1272 |
Map of Rangpuri speaking areas of South Asia | |
Rangpuri is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India. Many are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri they form the Kamta group of languages.