Central Bengali dialect
| Raṛhi Bengali | |
|---|---|
| Central Bengali | |
| রাঢ়ী বাংলা | |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | India: Nadia, Murshidabad, Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata, Bangladesh: Kushtia, Meherpur, Chuadanga |
| Ethnicity | Bengali people of Presidency Division and Greater Kushtia |
| Bengali alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cent1983 Central Bengali |
Central Bengali or Raṛhi Bengali (রাঢ়ী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language spoken in the West-Central part of Bengal, in and around the Bhagirathi River basin of Nadia district and other districts of the Presidency division in West Bengal, as well as the undivided Kushtia district region of western Bangladesh. Associated with the upper Delta and eastern Rarh region of Bengal, it forms the basis of the standard variety of Bengali.