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In dialects such as Hajong of northern Bangladesh, there is a distinction between উ and ঊ, the first corresponding exactly to its standard counterpart but the latter corresponding to the Japanese [ü͍] sound listen ⓘ. There is also a distinction between ই and ঈ in many northern Bangladeshi dialects.
North Central Bengali or Varendrī Bengali (বরেন্দ্রী বাংলা) is a dialect of the Bengali language, [1] [2] [3] spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India).
Naogaon District is considered the bread basket of Bangladesh. Dinajpur, is a city in Dinajpur District. Kantajew Temple, a late-medieval Hindu temple is one of the most beautiful Hindu temples in northern Bengal in this city. The percentage of literacy in the city is 85.05% which is quite high compared with that of other cities in Bangladesh.
Despite the large number of speakers, the language is considered to be endangered. [12] The governments of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have introduced the Kurukh language in schools with majority Kurukhar students. Jharkhand and West Bengal both list Kurukh as an official language of their respective states. [13] Bangladesh also has some speakers.
Due to the British colonization of the country, English is still a widely spoken and commonly understood language in Bangladesh. [7] English is taught as a compulsory subject in all schools, colleges and universities. In addition, there is an English-medium education system in Bangladesh which is widely attended. [8]
The word for younger brother-in-law, shala (শালা) in Standard Bengali and hala (হালা) in Dhakaiya Kutti Bengali and other eastern dialects, is seen as offensive in almost all Bengali dialects except in the Dhakaiya Kutti dialect this is a common and inoffensive word which can be applied to teachers, parents and animals. [6]
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Chittagonian is a member of the Bengali-Assamese sub-branch of the Eastern group of Indo-Aryan languages, a branch of the wider Indo-European language family.It is derived through an Eastern Middle Indo-Aryan from Old Indo-Aryan, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. [5]