| Rajbanshi | |
|---|---|
| राजबंशी Tajpuria | |
| Native to | Nepal |
| Region | Jhapa District, Morang District |
| Ethnicity | Rajbanshi |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2011)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:rjs – Rajbanshikyv – Kayort |
| Glottolog | rajb1243 Rajbanshikayo1247 Kayort |
Rajbanshi (also called Tajpuria[3]) is a Bengali-Assamese language spoken in Nepal. It is related to, but distinct from Rangpuri/Kamta in Bangladesh and India, which is also known by the alternative name "Rajbanshi", with which it forms the KRNB cluster.[4]
- ^ Rajbanshi at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
Kayort at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
- ^ a b Toulmin, Mathew W S (2006). Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan (PhD). The Australian National University. p. 305.
- ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 16.
- ^ Toulmin 2009, p. 3.
