Rangpuri language

Rangpuri
রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
Native toBangladesh, India
RegionNorth Bengal, Lower Assam
EthnicityRajbongshi, Bengali, Deshi, Nashya-Sheikh, Assamese
Native speakers
10 million (2007)
Bengali-Assamese script
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3rkt
Glottolograng1272
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.