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{{short description|Sub group of the Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent}}
{{refimprove|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox language family
|name=Bengali-Assamese
|altname=Gauda–Kamarupa
|region=[[Bangladesh]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]]
|familycolor=Indo-European
|fam2=[[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]
|fam3=[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]
|fam4=[[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]
|fam5=[[Odia language|Odia]]–Bengali-Assamese<ref name="OGK">{{cite thesis|type=PhD|first=Mathew W S|last=Toulmin|title=Reconstructing linguistic history in a dialect continuum: The Kamta, Rajbanshi, and Northern Deshi Bangla subgroup of Indo-Aryan|url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/45743|publisher=The Australian National University|year=2006|page=305}}</ref>
|ancestor=[[Magadhi Prakrit]]
|glotto=gaud1237
|glottoname=Gauda–Kamrupa
| map =
| mapcaption =
}}

The '''Bengali-Assamese languages''' (also '''Gauda–Kamarupa languages''') is a grouping of several languages in the [[eastern Indian subcontinent]]. This group belongs to the [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern zone]] of [[Indo-Aryan languages]]. The languages in this group, according to [[Glottolog]], include [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Bishnupuriya language|Bishnupriya]], [[Chakma language|Chakma]], [[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]], [[Goalpariya dialects|Goalpariya]], [[Hajong language|Hajong]], [[Kewat language|Kewat]], [[Kharia Thar language|Kharia Thar]], [[Kurmukar language|Kurmukar]], [[Lodhi language|Lodhi]], [[Mal Paharia language|Mal Paharia]], [[Noakhali language|Noakhali]], [[Rajbanshi language (Nepal)|Rajbanshi]], [[Rangpuri language|Rangpuri]], [[Rohingya language|Rohingya]], [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]], [[Tangchangya language|Tangchangya]], [[Thar language|Thar]] and [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]].

==Languages==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Language
! Native name
! Script
! Alphabet
! data-sort-type="number" |Number of speakers (in millions)
! Native region
|-
! [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| {{lang|as|অসমীয়া}} ''Oxomiya''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
| [[Assamese alphabet]]
| 15.3<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ASM|title=Assamese|work=Ethnologue (Free All) |publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|India}} ([[Assam]])
|-
! [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| {{lang|bn|বাংলা}} ''Bangla''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
| [[Bengali alphabet]]
| {{hs|0220000}}261.8<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ben|title=Bengali|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} (national and official) {{flag|India}} ([[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Tripura]], parts of [[Assam]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]])
|-
! [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]]
| {{lang|bpy|বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী}} ''Bișnupriya Monipuri''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
| [[Bengali alphabet]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Amy |last2=Kim |first2=Seung |title=Bishnupriya (Manipuri) speakers in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey | publisher=SIL INTERNATIONAL |page=11 |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/74/05/96/74059695388257055076108658933060858639/silesr2008_003.pdf |access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
|
| {{flag|India}} ([[Assam]], [[Manipur]] and [[Tripura]]) {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Sylhet Division]])
|-
! [[Chakma language|Chakma]]
| 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟 {{lang|bn|চাকমা}} ''Sangma''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]] [[Chakma script]] [[Latin script]]<ref name="Chakma">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ccp|title=Chakma|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
|
| 0.32<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ccp|title=Chakma|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Chittagong Division]]) {{flag|India}} ([[Mizoram]] and [[Tripura]]) {{flag|Myanmar}} ([[Rakhine State]])
|-
! [[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]
| {{lang|ctg|চাটগাঁইয়া}} [[Chittagonian language|সিটাইঙগা]] ''siʈaiŋga''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]] [[Arabic script]] [[Latin script]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctg|title=Chittagonian|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
| [[Bengali alphabet|Chittagonian Alphabet]]
| 13<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctg|title=Chittagonian|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Chittagong Division]]) {{flag|Myanmar}} ([[Rakhine State]])
|-
! [[Hajong language|Hajong]]
| {{lang|as|হাজং}} ''Hazong''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]] [[Latin script]]
| [[Assamese alphabet]]<ref>{{harvtxt|Hajong|Phillips|Phillips|2008|p=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hajong |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/hajong.htm}}</ref> [[Bengali alphabet]]<ref name="haj" />
| 0.06<ref name="haj">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/haj|title=Hajong|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|India}} ([[Assam]] and [[Meghalaya]]) {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Mymensingh Division]])
|-
! [[KRNB lects|Rangpuri/ Kamtapuri/ Rajbongshi]]
| {{lang|rkt|রংপুরী}} {{lang|rkt|কামতাপুৰী}} {{lang|rkt|ৰাজবংশী}} {{lang|de|राजबंशी}} ''Rongpuri'' ''Kamatapuri'' ''Rajbanshi''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]], [[Devanagari]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Minahan |first=James B. |year=2012 |title=Rajbongshis |encyclopedia=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=267 |isbn=978-1-59884-659-1 |quote=Generally, the Rajbongshi language is known as Rangpuri in Bangladesh and Kamta or Rajbangshi in India. The language is usually written in Bengali script in Bangladesh, while the Kamtapura script is favored in India. In Nepal, the language uses Devanagari script which is also sometimes used by the Indian Rajbongshis.}}</ref>
| [[Bengali alphabet]],<ref name="rkt" /> [[Assamese alphabet]]<ref>"As a ritual of purgation they are discarding the Bengali /r/ with a dot and the same is replaced with the original /r/ with a diagonal slash, as used in Assamese script despite the fact that the Rajbanshis in Bengal have been conditioned to use the Bengali /r/ owing to the long processes of forceful imposition of Bengali language upon them." {{harvcol|Pradhani|2012|p=52}}</ref>
| 10.8<ref name="rkt">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rkt|title=Rangpuri|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Rangpur Division]]) {{flag|India}} ([[West Bengal]] and [[Assam]]) {{flag|Nepal}} ([[Koshi Province]])
|-
! [[Noakhali language|Noakhali]]
| نواکھلی
নোয়াখাইল্লা ''Noakhailla''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
| [[Bengali alphabet]]
| 12
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} (Greater [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]]) {{flag|India}} ([[Tripura]])
|-
! [[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
| {{lang|ur|رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎}} 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 ''Ruáingga''
| [[Arabic script]] [[Hanifi script]] [[Latin script]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rhg|title=Rohingya|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref>
|
| 2.52<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/rhg|title=Rohingya|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Myanmar}} ([[Rakhine State]]) {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Chittagong Division]])
|-
! [[Surjapuri language|Surjapuri]]
| सुरजापुरी {{lang|rjs|সুরজাপুরী}} ''Surjapuri''
| [[Devanagari]] [[Bengali–Assamese script]]
| [[Bengali alphabet]]
| 2.26<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sjp|title=Surjapuri|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|India}} ([[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]])
{{flag|Nepal}} ([[Koshi Province]])
|-
! [[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]
| '''ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ''' {{lang|syl|ছিলটি}} ''Siloŧi''
| [[Bengali–Assamese script]] [[Sylheti Nagari script]]
| [[Sylheti language#Phonology|Sylheti alphabet]]<ref name="syl" />
| 11.8<ref name="syl">{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/syl|title=Sylheti|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Sylhet Division]]) {{flag|India}} ([[Assam]], [[Meghalaya]], [[North Tripura]])
|-
! [[Tanchangya language|Tanchangya]]
| 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡 {{lang|bn|তঞ্চংগ্যা}} ''Toncongya''
| [[Chakma script]]<ref name="Chakma"/>
|
| 0.02<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/tnv|title=Tangchangya|publisher=Ethnologue|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref>
| {{flag|Bangladesh}} ([[Chittagong Hill Tracts]])
|}

==Language comparison chart==
{{urs|date=April 2024}}
''* = [[loanword|borrowed terms]] (including [[tatsama]]s, [[tadbhava|ardhatatsamas]] and other borrowings)''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; line-height:1.25em;"
|-
! English
![[Assamese language|Assamese]]
![[Bengali language|Bengali]]
![[Chakma language|Chakma]]
![[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]
![[Hajong language|Hajong]]
![[Rangpuri language|Kamatapuri]]
![[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
![[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]
|-
!beautiful
|dhunia, thogua/thouga, xundor/xundar
|śundor*
|dol
|dishar,šundor
|
|
|cúndor*, hásin*
|šundor*, kubsurot*, mayasurot
|-
!big
|daṅor/daṅar, bor
|boṛo, ḍagor, ḍaṅor
|
|đôñr
|
|boro, daṅar
|boro, ákbor*, kobira*
|boṛo
|-
!blood
|tez
|rôkto*, khun*, lohu
|lo
|lou, rôktô
|
|
|lou, hún*, kún*
|lou, roxto*, kun*
|-
!bread
|ruti (flat), pau*ruti, luf*, bred*
|pão*ruṭi, ruṭi (flat)
|
|fõruţi
|
|
|fiçá, luthi
|ruṭi (flat), luf*
|-
!brother
|bhai (younger), kokai/kaka (elder), dada (elder)*
|bhai, dada, bhaiya
|
|bái, bôdda
|
|bhai
|bái
|bái, báia
|-
!cat
|mekuri/meukri/mekur, birali/biroli, biral
|biṛal, bilai/bilei
|
|bilai/bilei, miúr
|
|
|bilai
|mekur, bilai
|-
!dark
|andhar, endhar
|ãdhar, andhar, ondhokar*
|
|ãdár
|
|
|añdár, miyonda
|andáir
|-
!daughter
|zi, mai, aapi, zhia, ziori
|maiya/meye, konna*, jhi
|
|zee, maifuā
|
|beti
|futúni, zíi
|zi, fuṛi
|-
!day
|din, bêla
|din, bêla*, roz*, dibôš*
|
|din
|
|din
|din
|din, ruz*
|-
!dog
|kukur
|kukur, kutta
|
|kuĩr, kutto
|
|
|kuñr
|atu, kutta
|-
!door
|duar*, dorza*, dar
|dôroja/dôrja*, duar*
|
|duōr, kebar
|
|duar*
|duar*
|xeir, dorza*, duar*
|-
!earth
|bhũi, p(r)ithiwi/p(r)ithibi*
|duniya*, prithibi*, dhora*, jahan*
|
|duniye,fithibi,
|
|
|duniyai*
|duniai*, dunia*, zahan*
|-
!egg
|koni, dima/dim
|ḍim, anḍa, boida*
|boda*
|đim,anḍa
|
|ḍima
|andha, dhim
|enḍa, ḍim, boida*
|-
!elephant
|hati/hathi
|hati
|
|áti
|
|hati
|áñti, háñtih
|átti
|-
!eye
|soku, sokhu
|choukh/chokh, ãkhi, noyon*, chokkhu*
|
|sóg
|
|
|suk
|soku, uki, souk
|-
!father
|deuta*, bap, büpai/bapa, pitai/pite/piti*, aba/abba/abu/abbu*
|bap, abba*, baba, abbu, pita*, waled*
|
|baf, ba,abba
|
|
|abbá*
|baf, bazi
|-
!fear
|bhoy, dor
|bhôy*, ḍor
|
|đôr
|
|
|ḍor
|ḍor
|-
!finger
|aṅuli/aṅli
|aṅgul, onguli*
|
|ôuñl
|ouñl
|
|
|aṅguil
|-
!fire
|zui, aguni*
|aguin/agun, ogni*, nar*, atosh*, anol*, pabok*, dahon*
|
|ôin*
|
|zui
|ooin*
|aguin*, nar*, atosh*
|-
!fish
|mas
|machh
|
|mas
|
|mas
|mas
|mas, mai*
|-
!food
|khüabostu*, khauni, ahar*, khayddo*, khana*
|khabar, khaon, khana*, khani*, khaddo*, ahar*
|
|hána
|
|hána, háñna
|xani
|xani
|-
!god
|bhogowan*, is(s)or*, deu, probhu*, khuda*
|khoda*, isshôr*, bhôgôban*, srishtikorta*, mabud*
|
|khúda*,rôb, ūôr ôla
|
|
|ila*, rob*, ixor*
|mobud*, mola*, rob*, xoda*, bhogòban*
|-
!good
|bhal
|bhalo/bhala
|
|bála, gôm
|bhala
|bhal
|gom
|bála
|-
!grass
|ghah, kher (hay)
|ghash, khôṛ (hay)
|
|kér
|
|ghaṣ
|kérr
|ga, gaš
|-
!hand
|hat
|hat
|
|át
|
|hat
|árt
|át
|-
!hand fan
|bisoni/biseni/bisni
|hat-pakha, biuni, bijoni
|
|bisôin, bisein
|
|
|
|bisoin, fanka
|-
!head
|mur, matha, math
|matha, shir*, kolla*
|
|mata, hôlla
|
|
|matá
|sir*, xolla*, mata
|-
!heart (emotion)
|hia, ontor*, koliza/koilza, hidoy*
|(h)ridôy*, ôntôr*, hiya, dil*, kolob*, kolija/koilja
|
|dil*, hôilze, ridôy, ôntôr
|
|
|dil*
|dil*, hia
|-
!heart (organ)
|hia, dil, amothu
|(h)ritpindô*,dil*, kolija/koilja
|
|
|
|
|dil*
|gurda
|-
!horse
|ghü̃ra/ghora
|ghoṛa
|
|gúṛa
|
|
|gúñra, gúra
|gúṛa
|-
!house
|ghor
|ghôr, baṛi, basha, khana*
|
|gór
|
|
|gor, bari
|gór, bari, xan*
|-
!hunger
|bhük/bhokh
|khudha*, khida*, khide*, bhuk
|
|búk
|
|
|búk
|buk, feto(r) buk
|-
!language
|bhaxa*, mat (call), kotha*, raw
|bhasha*, buli, jôban/zôban*
|hodá*
|basha,zúban,buli
|
|raw, bhaṣa*
|zoban*, hodá*
|mat, bul, rau, zoban*, basha*
|-
!laughter
|hãhi
|hashi
|
|aši
|
|haṣi
|
|aši
|-
!life
|zion/ziwon, ziu (soul), hayat*
|jibôn*, jindegi*, hayat*
|
|zibon,zindegi*,hayat*
|
|zibon
|
|zindegi*, zibon*, hayat*
|-
!moon
|zün, sand
|chãd/chand, chôndro*, bôdôr*, shôshi*
|
|sãn
|san
|
|san
|san(d), sondoni
|-
!mother
|ma, ai, mai, mao, ammi/amma*
|ma, amma*, ammu, waleda*, mata*, ai
|
|ma
|
|maö, ai
|
|mai, ai, maizi
|-
!mouth
|mukh*, mu-
|mukh*, mu(h)
|
|mukh*
|
|muk*
|
|muk*
|-
!name
|nam, naü
|nam
|
|nam
|
|
|nam
|nam
|-
!night
|rati, nixa*
|rat/rait, ratri*, shob*
|
|rait
|
|rati
|rait
|rait, rati, nii, shob*, lailot*
|-
!peace
|xanti*, xokah
|shanti*, aman*, salamôt*
|
|šanti*
|
|ṣanti*
|
|niraii, shanti*, salamôt*
|-
!place
|thai, zega/zaga*, than
|jayga/jaga/jega*, ṭhai, sthan*
|
|ṭai, zāga*
|
|
|
|zega*, tan
|-
!queen
|rani, madoi, patmadoi
|rani, shahbanu*
|
|rani
|
|rani
|rani
|rani, razbibi, sha(h)banu*
|-
!rest
|zironi, aram*
|aram*, bisram*, jirano*, jiron*
|
|dom*,zirôn,aram gôrôn
|
|
|
|zirani, aram*
|-
!river
|noi, gaṅ, nodi*
|nôdi*, doriya*, ɡaṅg
|
|dôijja*,dôirge
|
|
|hál
|ɡaṅg, nodi*
|-
!road
|bat, ali, rasta*, poth*
|rasta*, shoṛok, pôth*
|
|
|
|
|
|sorox, rah*, rasta*, ail, fot*
|-
!salt
|nimokh*, lün/nun
|lôbôn*, nun, nomok*
|
|lôbôn*, lun/nun
|
|
|
|nimox*, nun, lobon*
|-
!sister
|bhoni/boini/boni (younger), ba/bai (elder)
|apa*, apu/api, boin/bon, didi
|
|bóin,afa/bôbbu/dî/afu (elder)
|
|
|
|bóin, buai
|-
!small
|xoru, süto
|chhoṭo, pati
|
|guro
|
|
|
|huru, nii, kuṭimuti, gura, titkina, geda, suṭu
|-
!son
|put, pü, aapa
|chhele, putro*, put, po, bêṭa
|
|(morod) fuā, fut
|
|beṭa
|fut
|fut, fua
|-
!soul
|ziu, atma/atta*
|atta*, pran*, pôran*, ruh*, jiu
|
|foran*, rû*
|
|
|
|ru*, atma*, zaan*
|-
!sun
|beli
|shurjo*, shuruj*
|
|beil, šuroz*
|
|
|beil
|suruz*, shurzo*
|-
!ten
|doh, dos*
|dosh
|
|doš
|
|doṣ
|
|dosh, do
|-
!three
|tini
|tin
|
|tín
|
|
|tin
|tin
|-
!village
|gaü̃
|gram*, gã, gão
|
|geram
|
|
|
|gau
|-
!waist
|kõkal/kakal
|komor*, maja
|
|keĩl
|
|
|keñil
|xomor*, xaxal
|-
!water
|pani
|pani, jôl*
|
|fani
|pani
|pani, zol*
|faní
|fani, ab*, tam
|-
!when
|ketia/kitia/kita, kethan/kethen, kesen, ketiyake
|kôkhôn, kobe, kon shômôy*, kon bêla
|
|hótte
|
|könbela
|
|kunbala(n->m), kunomoy
|-
!wind
|botah/batah
|batash*, hawa*, ba/bao, bayu*, bat*, anil*
|
|ába*, bataš*
|
|
|
|boyar, batash*, hawa*
|-
!wolf
|kukurnesia bagh, xial (jackal, fox)
|nekṛe-bagh, sheyal/shiyal (jackal, fox)
|
|neṛi kutta
|
|
|
|atubag, hial (jackal, fox)
|-
!woman
|maiki manuh, tiri*, tirüta, mohila*
|mohila*, nari*, beṭi manush, chheri
|
|maiye fua,maifuā (soft)
|
|beṭi saöa
|
|beṭi, moíla*
|-
!year
|bosor, son*
|bochhor, shal*, borsho*, botshor*
|
|bosor
|
|bosor
|
|fira, bosor, son*, shal*
|-
!yes
|hoy, o, ü̃, mm
|hê/hễ, ji*, agge, hã
|
|ô, ôy
|
|
|ô, ôy
|óe, i, zi* óe
|-
!no
|nohoy, nai, ühü, na
|na, nai/nae/nei, noy, non
|
|nô, nôy
|
|
|nô, nôy
|na, nai, nay
|-
!yesterday
|kali, züa-kali/zawa-kali
|(goto*-)kal(-ke), (gelo-)kal(-ke),kal(-ke)
|
|goto* hail, goto* halia
|
|
|
|(gese-)xail(-ku), xail(-ku)
|-
!English
![[Assamese language|Assamese]]
![[Bengali language|Bengali]]
![[Chakma language|Chakma]]
![[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]
![[Hajong language|Hajong]]
![[Rangpuri language|Kamatapuri]]
![[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
![[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]
|-
|}
''* = [[loanword|borrowed terms]] (including [[tatsama]]s, [[ardhatatsama]]s and other borrowings)''

===Verbs===
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! English
![[Assamese language|Assamese]]
![[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]
![[Bengali language|Bengali]]
![[Chakma language|Chakma]]
![[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]
![[Rangpuri language|Kamatapuri]]
![[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
![[Hajong language|Hajong]]
|-
!ask
|xudh-, xudhpus kor- (investigate)
|zika-, fus-, zar-
|jiggaśa kor-, puchh-, puch kor-, jiggesh kor-, jiga-
|
|pũsar ɡor-
|
|
|
|-
!bite
|kamür-, kamür mar-
|xamṛa-, xamor maeth[4r]bh=['r45t6h[=]uj[kp=r-
|kamoṛ mar-, kamṛa-
|
|hõr-
|
|
|
|-
!blow
|phu de-, phuk-, phu kor-
|fu de-, hu de-
|phu deua-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!breathe
|uxah lo-
|dom lo-
|šãš ne-, šãš lo-, dôm ne-, dôm lo-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!bring
|an-
|an-
|an-
|
|an-
|
|
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|-
!can
|par-
|far-
|par-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!catch
|dhor-
|dór-
|dhôr-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!come
|ah-
|a-
|aś-
|
|a-
|
|a-
|ah-
|-
!count
|gon-, hisap kor-, gonti kor-
|gon-, isab xor-
|gon-, hišab kôr-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!cry
|kand-, kan-
|xand-, xan-
|kãd-
|
|hãd-
|
|
|
|-
!cut
|kat-
|xaṭ-
|kaṭ-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!do
|kor-
|xor-
|kôr-
|
|gor-
|
|ɡor-
|
|-
!die
|mor-, dhuka-
|mor-
|môr-
|
|mor-
|
|
|
|-
!dig
|khand-
|kur-, kus-
|khõṛ-, khõc-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!drink
|kha-, pi kha-, pi-
|xa-, fia xa-, fi-
|kha-, pan kor-, pi-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!eat
|kha-
|xa-
|kha-
|
|
|
|há-
|
|-
!fall
|por-
|foṛ-
|poṛ-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!fear
|bhoy kha-, dora-
|ḍora-
|bhoy pa-, ḍora-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!fight
|zũz-, maramari/moramori kor-
|mair xor-, xaijja xor-
|maramari kor-, jhogṛa kôr-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!float
|üpoṅ-, bhah-
|bai-, bo-
|bhaš-
|
|
|
|
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|-
!flow
|bo-
|bo-
|bo-
|
|
|
|
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|-
!fly
|ur-
|uṛ-
|uṛ-
|
|ur-
|
|ur-
|
|-
!give
|de-, di-
|de-, di-
|de-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!go
|za-, ɡo-/ge-
|za-, ɡo-, ɡe-
|ja-, ɡe-
|
|za-, zo-
|
|za-, zo-
|
|-
!happen
|ho-
|ó-
|ho-
|
|ó-
|
|
|
|-
!hear
|xun-
|hun-
|śun-
|
|un-
|
|
|
|-
!hit
|mar-, pit-, kila-
|mar-, fiț-, kila-
|mar-, kela-
|
|
|
|
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|-
!kill
|mar-, mari pela-
|mar-, mari de-
|mar-, mere fel-, mariya fal-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!know
|zan-
|zan-
|jan-
|
|
|
|
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|-
!laugh
|hãh-
|aś-
|haś-
|
|aś-
|
|
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|-
!learn
|xik-, xikh-
|hik-
|śekh-, śikh-
|
|
|
|
|hik-
|-
!lie (in bed)
|baɡor-, kati ho-, bisonat/bisnat por-
|xait o-, hut-
|shuye por-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!live
|thak-, zi(ai) thak-, tik-, basi thak-
|tax-, zia-, basi tax-
|thak-, jibito thak-, jinda thak-, bece thak-, bãchiya thak-
|
|thah-
|
|
|
|-
!look
|sa-
|sa-
|dekh-, ca-, taka-
|
|sa-
|
|
|
|-
!open
|khul-
|kúa-
|khol-, khul-
|
|uid-, khúl-
|
|
|
|-
!play
|khel-
|xél-
|khel-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!pull
|tan-
|ṭan-
|ṭan-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!push
|thel-
|ṭel-, dekka-
|ṭhel-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!read
|porh/poh/por-
|foṛ-
|poṛ-
|
|foṛ-
|
|
|
|-
!run
|dour-, daur-
|douṛ-
|douṛa-, choṭ-, chuṭ-
|
|dũr-
|
|
|
|-
!say
|ko-, mat-, bul-
|xo-, mat-
|bol-, ko-
|ho-
|ho-
|
|
|
|-
!scratch
|ãsür-
|xawza-, xamsa-
|ãcoṛ de-, ãcṛa-, khamca-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!see
|dekh-
|dex-
|dekh-
|
|sa-
|
|
|
|-
!sew
|xi-, sila-, bo- (weave)
|sia-
|śela-, śila
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!sing
|ɡa-, gan ga-
|ɡa-
|ɡa-, gan ga-
|
|
|
|
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|-
!sit
|boh-
|bo-
|boś-
|
|bo-
|
|
|
|-
!sleep
|xu-, ɡhuma-, tüponi za/mar-
|hut-, ɡúma-
|ɡhuma-, śo-, śu-
|
|ɡhum za-
|
|
|
|-
!smell
|xuṅ-
|huṅ(ɡ)-
|śũk-, śõk-
|
|ũ-
|
|
|
|-
!spit
|thu pela-, pik-, pik pela-
|sef fal-, fik fal- (betel nut/leaf)
|thu phel-, thu phal-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!split
|phal-
|atra-
|bhag kor-, bhang-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!squeeze
|sep-, hẽs-
|sif-
|cap-, pesh-, cip-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!stand
|thio ho-, thia-
|uba-
|dãṛa-, khaṛa-
|
|
|thio-
|tía-
|
|-
!stab
|khũs-, han-
|kus-, gauua-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!suck
|suh-, sup-, xüh-
|sua-
|chosh-, chush-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!swell
|
|ful-, fit-
|
|
|phuler
|
|
|
|-
!swim
|xatũr-
|hatra-
|śatar kor-, shatra-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!think
|bhab-, sinta kor-, sint-
|bab-, sinta xor-, mone kôr-
|bhab-, cinta kôr-, mone kôr-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!throw
|dolia-
|ița-, iṭa mar-
|chõṛ-, ḍhêla mar-, dol-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!tie
|bandh-
|ban(d)-
|bãdh-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!vomit
|bomi kor-
|bait xor-
|bomi kor-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!walk
|khüz karh-, bul-
|aṭ-
|hãṭ-
|
|ãd-
|
|
|
|-
!want
|lag-, bisar-
|maɡ-, sa-
|ca-
|
|sa-
|
|
|
|-
!wash
|dhu-
|dó-
|dho-
|
|
|
|dú-
|
|-
!wipe
|mos-, müs-
|fus-, mus-
|moch-, much-, poch-, puch-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!English
![[Assamese language|Assamese]]
![[Sylheti language|Sylheti]]
![[Bengali language|Bengali]]
![[Chakma language|Chakma]]
![[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]]
![[Rangpuri language|Kamatapuri]]
![[Rohingya language|Rohingya]]
![[Hajong language|Hajong]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Bangladeshi Manipuri language]]
* [[Assamese Manipuri language]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{citation |last1=Hajong |first1=Abonis |last2=Phillips |first2=D |last3=Phillips |first3=V |title=Hajong–English Phrase Book |publisher=SIL International |year=2008 |url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/17/94/43/17944307071856830681259992851645036622/Hajong_Phrasebook.pdf}}
* {{cite journal |last=Pradhani |first=Jyotirmoy |title=Resonance of Identity in Rajbanshi Poetry |journal=The NEHU Journal |volume=X |number=1 |year=2012 |url=http://dspace.nehu.ac.in/bitstream/1/7719/1/Resonance%20of%20Identity.pdf}}
{{refend}}

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