Varendri dialect
Varendri, is a dialect of the Bengali language, spoken in the Varendra region. Varendri was classified by two Indian linguists; Suniti Kumar Chatterji and Sukumar Sen. It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar. Varendri is tonal, and its vocabulary and phonology have a great deal of influence from Maithili and other Bihari languages.Comparison
Varendri is a dialect belonging to North Bengal. The standardised register of Bengali was chosen to be the dialect spoken in Nadia.
Examples:
- English: A man had two sons.
- *Standard Bengali: একজন লোকের দুটি ছেলে ছিলো
- *Varendri : এক লোকের দুইডা বেটা ছিলো
- *Varendri : একজন মানুষের দুটা বেটা আছলো
- English: will eat
- *Standard Bengali: খাবো
- *Varendri: খেহিবো
- English: Money
- *Standard Bengali: টাকা
- *Varendri: টেকা
