Linguistic Survey Of India Vol V Part I Indo Aryan Family Eastern Group

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[No. 3IA.]

INDO-ARYAN FAMILY. (EASTERN GROUP.)

BENGALI OK

NORIHEBN DIALECT, SIBIPTTBIA MIXED STJB-DIALECT. (EAST PTONEA DISTBICT.)

Ttfauja-Moliamarir Kissa.

Basbarir bap, apna .chhoto beta, Nagrur, Tolphal Maraler befir sangfi
JZdsbari* s father, of*h4s*own youngest son> Nagru' s$ Tolphal Maral's daughter with

bihlal-chhil. ThorSk din sab-koi bahut khtm-se rahil.

kad-cau&ed-ihe-marriage* (Por^a-few days every~one much ha$$iness-with remained.

Oi-beti-chhnar chal achhanirahe, ohi-dastl apna sas

Of*that-daughter»child ihe-condwt good not was, fwthat-rqason hevown mother-in-law

sasur-se apna khasmok alag karS . apna

(and)-father*in>'law-fr(m her-aum husband separated havwg-made (tocher-own

nahiar ne-gei. . Knchh din bad ohi tirmat morS-gel Nagra

father* s-hoit&e~ carried'(her)*away. Some days qfter that woman died. Nagru

apna-jorur soge bimar hoS-gel. Ohi-bimarlr haltat ohar

of-hiS'Oun-wife in-sorrow sick became* Of-that-sickness in-the-condition his
gala 5 sasur ohak ghar-se niklaMUe. N&gru bimarir

1>rother*in*law owfrfUher-in~law him the-home-frovft drove*out. Nagru of -sickness

baltot apna-baper ghar chal6-al. To admik samajhua

in*the~condition his-own*father's house (to)~came. Therefore a-man-to understanding

chabi kg apna-moger batot apna-ma6-bap-se ^

is-necessary, that of-Us*own*wife at-the*words one's-own-mother-father*with
m-bigre.

Turning now to the south-east of the District of Diuajpur, we come to that of
Bogra, in which, also, the northern dialect of Bengali is spoken. The following two
specimens illustrate the form of th6 dialect spoken ill this district. It will be seen that
it differs little from that of Dinajpur. The following may be noted as local peculiarities,
65, a father; tur*i> even thine ; - mero, we ; and especially the curious verbal forms,
kartitechhi, I am doing ; khattitechhi, I am working ; kartutuchhu, thou art making,
and kartitichhe, he is making.
The dialect spoken immediately to the north, in Bangpur, is RajbarigSi or Rangpuri,
and, as may be expected, some stray Rajbangsl forms are also found* Such are, locatives
like defat) in a country ; galot, on the neck ; pronominal forms like ani, tani, he ; and
the typical dropping of an initial r, as in dk, for r5,kh> keep ; aye, for r ahiya, having
remained ; aj, for Raj, a proper name, and omot for ropiba, I will transplant
Of the two following specimens, one is a translation of the Parable of the Prodigal
Son, and the other the deposition of a complainant made in a criminal court.