Noakhali language

Noakhali
নোয়াখাইল্লা
Noakhailla
Native toBangladesh & India
RegionGreater Noakhali, southern Tripura
DialectsChatkhili[1]
Bengali script
Language codes
ISO 639-3(oak is proposed[2])
Glottolognoak1234
Map of where Noakhali is spoken
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Diagram showing the origin of the Noakhali language
Diagram showing the origin of the Noakhali language

Noakhali[3][4] or Noakhalian,[5] endonym Noakhailla (নোয়াখাইল্লা), is a Bengali–Assamese language spoken by an estimated 7 million people, primarily in the Greater Noakhali region of Bangladesh, as well as in southern parts of Tripura in India. Outside of these regions, there are substantial numbers of Noakhali speakers in other parts of Bangladesh and a diaspora population in the Middle East, Italy, Europe and the United States.

Noakhali has no presence in formal settings, neither in Bangladesh nor India, though its standardisation has been proposed.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Rashel, Md. Mostafa (September 2011). "Phonological Analysis of Chatkhil Dialect in Noakhali District, Bangladesh". Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 1 (9): 1051–1061. doi:10.4304/tpls.1.9.1051-1061.
  2. ^ "Change Request Documentation: 2024-003". SIL.
  3. ^ "Metrical Pattern of Noakhali Bangla" (PDF).
  4. ^ "The emergence of unmarked syllables in noakhali bangla".
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference jilani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Sarwar, Fatina, Noakhali Dialect: Its Prospect of Standardization
  7. ^ "কুমিল্লা নয়, নোয়াখালী বিভাগ চাই" [Not Comilla, we want Noakhali Division]. BD24Live.com (in Bengali). 1 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Noakhali Bibhag Bastobaon Committee on Monday holds a rally". Daily Sun. 10 November 2015.