Barpetia dialect
In today's world, Barpetia dialect has become a topic of great relevance and interest to a wide range of people. From its origin to its impact on today's society, Barpetia dialect has sparked debates and reflections in different areas, and its influence extends to various aspects of daily life. In this article, we will explore in detail the various aspects related to Barpetia dialect, analyzing its historical, social, cultural and economic dimensions. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we will seek to understand the complexity and importance of Barpetia dialect in the contemporary world, as well as its potential to generate significant changes in different spheres of society.
| Barpetia | |
|---|---|
| Borpeita | |
| বৰপেইটা | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Western Kamrup region, |
| Ethnicity | Not ethnic dialect |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Barpetia dialect (native: borpeita) is a modern regional subdialect of Kamrupi, a dialect of the Assamese language.[2] Named after the current Barpeta district of Assam, it is the westernmost of the Kamrupi group of dialects.[3] This dialect has community variations within itself.
Characteristics
- Whereas most of the other Kamrupi dialects have a seven-term vowel system, Barpetia has eight.[4]
- Whereas most of the other Kamrupi dialects follow a four-term verb system, Barpetia follows a five-five term system[5]
Grammar
Verb
For different types of verbs.
| Tense | Person | ko "tell" | kha "consume" | ni "take away" | dhu "wash" | kor "do" | sus "comp" | azz "earn" | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | ||
| Simple Present | 1st per. | koũ | nokoũ | khaũ | nakhaũ ~ nakhöũ ~ nakhoŋ | neũ | nenũ | dhuŋ | nudhuŋ | köru | nokru | susu | nussu | azzu | nazzu |
| 2nd per. inf. | ka | naka | kha | nakha | nia | nena | dhua | nudhua | köra | nokra | susa | nussa | azza | nazza | |
| 2nd per. pol. | koa | nokoa | khawa | nakhawa | nia / newa | nena | kora | nokra | azza / azzoa | nazza / nazzoa | |||||
| 2nd per. hon. & 3rd per. | koe | nokoe | khae | nakhae | nie | nene | dhue | nudhue | kore | nokre | suse | nusse | azze | nazze | |
| Present continuous | 1st per. | koi asu | koi thaka nai | khai asu | khai thaka nai | ni asu | ni thaka nai | dhui asu | dhui thaka nai | köri asu | kori thaka nai | susi asu | susi thaka nai | azzi asu | azzi thaka nai |
| 2nd per. inf. | koi asa | khai asa | ni asa | dhui asa | köri asa | susi asa | azzi asa | ||||||||
| 2nd per. pol. | koi asa/asöa | khai asa/asöa | ni asa/asöa | dhui asa/asöa | kori asa/asöa | susi asa/asöa | azzi asa/asöa | ||||||||
| 2nd per. hon. & 3rd per. | koi ase | khai ase | ni ase | dhui ase | kori ase | susi ase | azzi ase | ||||||||
| Present Perfect | 1st per. | koisu | nokoisu | khaisu | nakhaisu / nakhoisu | nisu | nensu | dhuisu | nudhuisu | kossu | nokossu | susisu | nussisu | azzisu | nazzisu |
| 2nd per. inf. | koisa | nokoisa | khaisa | nakhaisa / nakhoisa | nisa | nensa | dhuisa | nudhuisa | kossa | nokossa | susisa | nussisa | azzisa | nazzisa | |
| 2nd per. pol. | koisa / koisöa | nokoisa / nokoisöa | khaisa / khaisöa | nakhaisa / nakhoisa / nakhaisöa / nakhoisöa | nisa / nisöa | nensa / nensöa | dhuisa / dhuisöa | nudhuisa / nudhuisöa | kossa / kossöa | nokossa / nokossöa | susisa / susisöa | nussisa / nussisöa | azzisa / azzisöa | nazzisa / nazzisöa | |
| 2nd per. hon. & 3rd per. | koise | nokoise | khaise | nakhaise / nakhoise | nise | nense | dhuise | nudhuise | kosse | nokosse | susise | nussise | azzise | nazzise | |
| Recent Past | 1st per. | kolu | nokoisu | khalu | nakhalu ~ nakhölu | nilu | nenlu | dhulu | nudhlu | kollu | nokollu | suslu | nususlu | azzilu | nazzilu |
| 2nd per. inf. | koli | nokoli | khali | nakhali / nakholi | nila | nenli | dhuli | nudhli | kolli | nokolli | susli | nususli | azzila | nazzila | |
| 2nd per. pol. | kola | nokola | khala | nakhala ~ nakhola | nila | nenla | dhula | nudhla | kolla | nokolla | susla | nususla | azzila | nazzila | |
| 2nd per. hon. & 3rd per. | kolak | nokolak | khalak | nakhalak ~ nakholak | nilak | nenlak | dhulak | nudhlak | kollak | nokollak | suslak | nususlak | azzilak | nazzilak | |
| Distant Past | 1st per. | koisilu | nokoisilu | khaisilu | nakhoisilu | nisilu | nensilu | dhuisilu | nudhlu | kossilu | nokossilu | susisilu | nususisilu | azzisilu | nazzisilu |
| 2nd per. inf. | koisili | nokoisili | khaisili | nakhoisili | nisila | nensili | dhuisili | nudhuisili | koisili | nokossili | susisili | nususisili | azzisili | nazzili | |
| 2nd per. pol. | koisila | nokoisila | khaisila | nakhoisila | nisila | nensila | dhuisila | nudhuisila | koisila | nokoisila | susisila | nususisila | azzisila | nazzisila | |
| 2nd per. hon. & 3rd per. | koisil | nokoisil | khaisil | nakhoisil | nisil | nensil | dhuisil | nudhuisil | kossil | nokossil | susisil | nususisil | azzisil | nazzisil | |
Notes
- ^ The Journal of the Assam Research Society - Volume 27 (1983), Page 27 The Kamarupi script developed into the medieval Assamese script and the latter into the modern Assamese script. The Assamese script maintains some relationship with the Bengali and the Maithili scripts.
- ^ "The Barpeta dialect is a sub-dialect of Kamrupi, a dialect of Assamese language. It is called 'Barpetia' in std. Assamese language. The native speakers call it 'Barpeita'..." (Oja 1995:1)
- ^ (Dutta 2003:103)
- ^ (Oja 1995:407)
- ^ (Oja 1995:407–408)
References
- Oja, Deepali (1995). A critical study of Barpeta dialect (Ph.D). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/67822. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- Dutta, Birendranath (2003), "Non-standard Forms of Assamese", in Miri, Mrinal (ed.), Linguistic Situation in Northeast India, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, pp. 101–110