Manbhumi ( bn, মানভূমী, Mānbhūmī, ) is the local Bengali dialect spoken in the district of Purulia, and adjacent area of other districts of West Bengal and Jharkhand, previously Manbhum, in Eastern India. It is one of the

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, having very prominent Hindi and

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blending in it. Manbhumi has a rich tradition of folk songs sung in various occasions. Tusu songs are sung by village girls during a month-long observance of Tusu festival in villages of Purulia and some parts of Barddhaman, Bankura and Birbhum districts of West Bengal and parts of East Singhbhum, Saraikela Kharsawan, Bokaro, Dhanbad and

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districts of Jharkhand. Bhadu songs, Karam songs, Baul songs and Jhumar songs are also composed in Manbhumi. Manbhumi songs are used by Chhau performers of Purulia School to depict various mythological events. Chhau is one of the distinguished dance forms of this geographical region which has been accorded the status of

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by UNESCO in 2009.

Regional variation

This dialect is spoken in the Manbhum area and has its extended regional variants throughout southern border area of Medinipur division of West Bengal, south eastern border of Kolhan division of Jharkhand and Mayurbhanj, Kendujhar district of Odisha. :: Manbhum: æk loker duţa beţa chhilô. (M) ::

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: gote loker duiţa toka thilo. (M) :: Dhalbhum/ East Singhbhum: ek loker duţa chha chhilo. (M) :: Pashchim Bardhaman district: kono loker duiţi chhele chhilo. (M) ::

: æk loker du beţa rahe. (M) :: Baharagora/ Gopiballavpur: gotae noker duţa po thailaa. (M) :: Mayurbhanj: akţa loker duţa beţa chhilo. (M) :: Manbhum: tumhra kuthay jachho? (M) ::

: tumra kaai jaoţo? (M) :: Dhalbhum/ East Singhbhum: tumhra kaai jachho? (M) :: Pashchim Bardhaman district: tumra kuthay jachchho? (M) ::

: tumharman kahan jaatraho? (M) :: Baharagora/ Gopiballavpur: tumarkar kaai jaoţo ? (M) :: Mayurbhanj: tora kahi jachho ? (M) :: Manbhum: Chhana ţa bhalo padhchhe (M) ::

: pila ţa bhala padhţe? (M) :: Dhalbhum/ East Singhbhum: Chha ţa bhalo padhchhe? (M) :: Pashchim Bardhaman district: Chhana ţa bhalo padhchhe (M) ::

: Chhaua ţa bes padhatrahe (M) :: Baharagora/ Gopiballavpur: Chha ţa bhala padheţe. (M) :: Mayurbhanj: Chhana ţa bhalo padchhe. (M) The latter two, along with

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and Mal Paharia, are closely related to Western Bengali dialects, but are typically classified as separate languages.

References

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