Surjapuri is an
Indo-Aryan language of the
Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in
Eastern India including some eastern parts of
Purnia division of Bihar, parts of
Uttar Dinajpur district in
West Bengal
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and
Goalpara Division of
Assam
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in India, as well as
Jhapa district in
Nepal
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and
Thakurgaon district in Bangladesh. Among speakers in some regions, it is known as 'Deshi Bhasa'. It possesses similarities with
Kamatapuri,
Assamese,
Bengali, and
Maithili.
Geographical distribution
Surjapuri is mainly spoken in some parts of
Purnia division (
Kishanganj,
Katihar,
Purnia, and
Araria districts) of
Bihar
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. It is also spoken in
West Bengal
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(some parts of
Islampur subdivision of
Uttar Dinajpur district and
Jalpaiguri division in northern Bengal region),
Bangladesh
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(
Thakurgaon District) as well as in parts of eastern
Nepal
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of
Jhapa District and
Morang District.
Related languages
Surjapuri is associated with the
Kamtapuri language (and its dialects
Goalpariya, Rajbanshi and Koch Rajbangshi) spoken in
North Bengal and
Western Assam, as well as with
Assamese,
Bengali, and
Maithili.
Pronouns
Surjapuri has the oblique plural suffixes: sā (hamsā-, tomsā-) and smā (ismā-, usmā-). They are also seen in
Early Assamese as: sā (āmāsā-, tomāsā-) and sambā (esambā-, tesambā-) and their occurrences are similar.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
* Nasalization is also phonemic.
* /i, e/ in medial and initial form are heard as
�, ɛ
Notes
References
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External links
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Indo-Aryan languages
Languages written in Devanagari
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