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The Kutti-Bengalis spoke Dhakaiya Kutti, a Bengali dialect with an Urdu influence. [30] Humour is an important part of Kutti culture and in the past, their jokes - told in the Dhakaiya Kutti dialect - used to generally consist of short stories in which Dhakaiyas mess around with the bhadralok gentry. [31]
Dhakaiya Kutti Bengali is an eastern dialect of Bengali and the vocabulary of this dialect has an influence of Urdu due to interactions with the Urdu-speaking people in Old Dhaka. [5] It has only a few breathy voiced sounds in comparison to Standard Bengali .
Dhakaiya Urdu, sometimes unofficially referred to as Sobbasi Language or Khosbasi Language, is a Bengalinized dialect of Urdu that is native to Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is being spoken by the Sobbas or Khosbas community, Nawab Family and some other communities such as the Shia community of Old Dhaka.
Bengali language is predominantly spoken by the people of Old Dhaka. The most prominent Bengali dialects of this region are Urban East Bengali Colloquial dialect [58] and Dhakaiya Kutti, spoken by the local Bengalis of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh. Dhakaiya Urdu, a dialect of Urdu, mainly spoken by Khusbas community and the members of Nawab Family of
The Dhakaiya Kuttis are a small urban Bengali Muslim community residing in Old Dhaka city that noticeably differ from the rest of the people of Dhaka Division by culture. Ghotis: This is the term favoured by the natives of West Bengal to distinguish themselves from other Bengalis.
The Mahifarash (Bengali: মাহিফরাস, romanized: mahifôrash, Dhakaiya: মাইফরাস maifôrash) are a Bengali Muslim community of fishmongers primarily from Old Dhaka. They are distinct from the Mahifarash of Tangail , who are descendants of Mappila Muslims , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the Mahifarash fishermen of Mymensingh .
Bringing thousands of people together to compete and have fun, it is an occasion and a day every youngster waits eagerly for. Every household competes to see who can cook the largest variety of pitas , and after midnight, there are games similar to dice games that are played, but with fruits.
It was introduced to the Dhakaiya people a few decades ago. Families living in old Dhaka, used to buy it and ate it together. Gradually, it also became popular at iftar and wedding or occasional banquets, and many others started to make it. The word Shahi, means something which is royal.