Barpetia dialect (native: ''borpeita'') is a modern regional

subdialect Subdialect (from Latin , "under", and Ancient Greek , "discourse") is a linguistic term designating a dialectological category between the levels of dialect and idiolect. Subdialects are basic subdivisions of a dialect. Subdialects can be divided ...

of Kamrupi, a

dialect The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of Linguistics, linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety (linguisti ...

of the

Assamese language Assamese (), also Asamiya ( ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-east Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a ''lingua franca'' of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, ...

. Named after the current Barpeta district of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, it is the westernmost of the Kamrupi group of dialects. This dialect has community variations within itself.

Characteristics

* Whereas most of the other Kamrupi dialects have a seven-term vowel system, Barpetia has eight. * Whereas most of the other Kamrupi dialects follow a four-term verb system, Barpetia follows a five-five term system

Grammar

Verb

For different types of verbs.

Notes

References

* * {{refend Assamese language Kamrupi culture Languages of Assam Eastern Indo-Aryan languages