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

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[No. 72.]

INDO-ARYAN FAMILY. (EASTERN GROUP.)

BENGALI OR BA&GA-BElSHl,
SOUIH-EASTKBN DIALECT. (RAM&ANJ, NOAKHALI DMTEICT.)

[In the plionetic transcription'represents the elision of an aspirate, which gives a pronnnciation like that of A in the
French word Ute. S is pronounced hard as in ttw, sin, and not like sh in shell, which is represented by *L Z is some*
what softer than the * of zeal, but not so soft as the s m pleasure.

Pronounce a as the a in Aa*j e as the e in wet ; rfas the o in Art; and oj as in «?. The letter o (without any
diacritical mark) represents the short sound of the o in home. It is the first o in ^rowwfc and is the o in the French word
v<*j* as compared with ttire. It should be carefully distinguished from the o of lot.

Other consonants and vowels are pronounced as in the authorized Government system.]

janer dui hut Schhil Chhodagaya baphe-r6 kail, 'haul ar
mar dui hut dsil Sudogdy bafe-re Wil> (bdut Sr
One man's two sons were. The-yonnger the-father-to said, 'father, my
bhager jinish-hati ye 'ay, a-re den/ Baphe ta*ga-re hakkal bhag kari
b'dger zinteh-hati ze *6y, a-re den.9 Safe td*gd-re hokkol b9dg kori
of-share property what is, me-to give/ The-father them-to all division making
dil Eagdin yaite-na-yaite-i chhoda hute heitar byaktan lal bide3 chali-
dil. Kogdin zdite*nd-zdite-i *6$6 hute heitar bydJstm Idi bidesh soli-
gave. Some-days g0ing-or-not-going-even, the-younger son his ail-that taking foreign-land went-
gel Hiyane yai, bayatrami kari heitar byak tal-hayi halail. Byak
gel* Hiane . ml^ bdotrdmi kori heitar bydk tol-hdri Jial&iL Sydk
awmj. !Dsere going, debauchery doing his entire wasting tlrew-away. All
khachcba 5aH, ar hei de£e bhari »t laigla, lal te tanatanit hariL
khocho 'oil, ar hei deshe bhari rat laigld, toi te tdndtdnit hortt.
*$&& becam^v and that cotratryin great famine began, then he in-trouble fell
Hei defer ek bhajl mainser kachhe yai raft. Hei bhal maine heita-r8
Hei desher ek bhdl mdinsher kase sdi ro'il. Hei bhdl maine heitd*re
That country's one respectable man's near going he-remamei That respectable man him
raiktd buH :hakre di hadail; huyare yei tfish-kraa khaito hiya-re
raikhto buli hat-re di Mddil; More zei tiah-kfira khaito hid-re
to-keep saying field-to giving sent; the-swine what husks used-to-eat those
di heite khusi '& anina bed bha'itta; ei rayam tush-kttta-o key*a heita^re
di heite khiishi >ol dmnd hed Vo'itto; ei rffom fabtifad ke-6 heitd-re
with he happy being Ms-own belly would-ftH; tiiis manner husks-even any-one Um-to
dita-na. Tar-har Mtar bujh hede lhari, amne-amne kafita lagtt ye, «kire»
dit6*a. Tdr-hor heit&r buz hede hdri, aMwe-dwne kffito Idgil ze, < kire,
WMOTO* Thereafter his sense iu-beDy falHng, to-himself to-say he-began that, 'ah,
ar bapher kata ciaor baa-re kata kbaya kata halay-chhalay, ai ll
my ftSr hot^ ^°r M°*r* *m my Ul6 Uldy-sdlay, ar Si
•L-3- • -I- w"nm11^ wrrant* etcctem tow-much eat how-much throw«aw«y, «d 1
fleqer jvalay man; yauk, ai lau-rS yai kaiye, "ban, Si dhammer kaohhfi
Wcr zdlay tnori; z&ulc, Si Im-re zdi Wite, «lau, Si dhfamer *a»e
pfiiiy t OQVjDiftffHiT - wdiA • idf f»ft IP ± *.* . . .
6»j TO, wi-go, I atwr«to, going let-me-Bftythat,, «father, I