Barpetia dialect

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.

Barpetia
Borpeita
বৰপেইটা
Native to	India
Region	Western Kamrup region,
Ethnicity	Not ethnic dialect
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bengali–Assamese Assamese Kamrupi dialect Barpetia
Writing system	Assamese script, Kamarupi script (Historical)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

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

1. 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.
2. "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)
3. (Dutta 2003:103)
4. (Oja 1995:407)
5. (Oja 1995:407–408)

References

• Oja, Deepali (1995). A critical study of Barpeta dialect (Ph.D). Gauhati University. Retrieved 1 June 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Dutta, Birendranath (2003), "Non-standard Forms of Assamese", in Miri, Mrinal (ed.), Linguistic Situation in Northeast India, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, pp. 101–110CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)