Rangpuri language

Rangpuri (Rangpuri: অংপুরি Ôṅgpuri or অমপুরি Ômpuri) is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in Rangpur Division in Bangladesh, northern West Bengal and western Goalpara of Assam in India.

[6] Many are bilingual in Bengali and Assamese in their respective regions.

According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language.

Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri they form the Kamta group of languages.

Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being Bahe;[6] though Deshi bhasha and Anchalit bhasha is also used.

A girl reciting a poem in Rangpuri