Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Karimpur had a total population of 9,661, of which 4,930 (51%) were males and 4,731 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 775. The total number of literate persons in Karimpur was 7,616 (85.71% of the population over 6 years). [6]
Language
According to Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, the People of Karimpur Speak in Rarhi Dialect. [7] Although standard Bengali is based on Rarhi dialect, the spoken language of this region have some own distinct features. The pronunciation of this region formed the standard Bengali phonetics. The dialect is spoken by people of Daulatpur, Karimpur, Gagni, Meherpur Sadar and parts of Tehatta. the dialect is completely free from East-Bengali dialects. The river system of Padma, Mathabhanga and Jalangi and river derived wetlands, inhospitable marshland kept this region geographically isolated from Varendra region for centuries. So the north-Rarhi is survived as the purest variety of rarhi dialect.
A variety of Rarhi Dialect: North-Rarhi dialect
Places where North-Rarhi spoken
Rarhi dialect is the basis of Bengali grammar. North-Rarhi use more tadbhava and ardha-tatshama word instead of tatsama word. loanwords from Arabic and persian used more frequently than standard Bengali. Many tadbhava and ardha-tatshama words are dropped from standard Bengali but still spoken in this region.
This language changed significantly over 3 generation
Change of North-Rarhi dialect| Standard Bengali | Old North Rarhi | Modern North Rarhi |
|---|
| আমি বাড়িতে গেলাম(ami baɽite ɡelam) | আমি বাড়িতে গেনু(ami baɽite ɡenu) | আমি বাড়িত গ্যানু(ami baɽit ɡænu) |
| আমিই কাজটি করেছিলাম(ami-i kaɟti koreʃilam) | আমিই কাজডা কইরিছিনু(ami-i kaɟɖa koi̯riʃinu) | আমিই কাজডা কইচ্ছুনু(ami-i kaɟɖa koi̯t͡ʃt͡ʃʰunu) |
| তরকারিতে নুন কম হয়েছে(tɔrkarite nun kɔm ho(j)etʃʰe) | তরকারিতে নুন কম হয়িছে(tɔrkarite nun kɔm hoji̯tʃʰe) | তরকারিতে লবণ কম হইছে(tɔrkarite lɔbon kɔm hoi̯tʃʰe) (Bangladesh) |
| তুমি তাহলে কাল এসো(tumi tahole kal eʃo) | তুমি তাহালে কাইল আইসো(tumi tahale kai̯l ai̯ʃo) | তুমি থালে কাইল আইসো(tumi tʰale kai̯l ai̯ʃo) |
Comparative sentence expressions between Standard Bengali, North-Rarhi(Daulatpur,Meherpur,Karimpur) and Northeast-Rarhi(Kushtia-Kumarkhali)
Dialect Comparison| Standard Bengali | North Rarh | North-East Rarh |
|---|
| তুমি কে(tumi ke) | তুমি কে(tumi ke) | তুমি কিডা(tumi kiɖa) |
| তোমাকে অসুস্থ মনে হচ্ছে(tomake ɔʃustʰo mone hotʃːʰe) | তুমাকে অসুস্থ মুনে হোছে (tumake ɔʃustʰo mune hotʃʰe) | তুমাকে ব্যারামি ব্যারামি লাগতিচে(tumake bærami bærami laɡtitʃe) |
| একজন লোকের দুটো ছেলে ছিলো(ækɟon loker duʈo tʃʰele tʃʰilo) | একজন লোকের দুই ছেইলি ছিলো(ækɟon loker dui tʃʰei̯li tʃʰilo) | একজন লোকের দুডো ছাওয়াল ছিলো(ækɟon loker duɖo tʃʰawal tʃʰilo) |
| সারাদিন কি একই কাজ করছো(ʃaradin ki æki̯ kaɟ kortʃʰo) | সারাদিন কি একই কাজ কোচ্ছো(ʃaradin ki æki̯ kaɟ kotʃːʰo) | ভোইর দিন কি একই কাম কোত্তিচো(bʱoi̯r din ki æki̯ kam kottitʃo) |
| রান্নাঘরে কে(rannagʱɔre ke) | হাইসিলে কে(hai̯ʃile ke) | হেসেলে কে(heʃele ke) |
| আমার মনে হয় জ্বর আসবে(amar mɔne ɦɔe̯ ɟwɔr aʃbe) | আমার মুনে হয় জ্বর আসবে(amar mune ɦɔe̯ ɟwɔr aʃbe) | আমার মনে হয় জ্বর আসপিনি(amar mɔne ɦɔe̯ ɟwɔr aʃpini) |
| এমন করছো কেনো(æmon kortʃʰo keno) | এরোম কোচ্ছো ক্যানে(erom kotʃːʰo kæne) | অ্যাম্মা কত্তিচো ক্যা(æmma kottitʃo kæ) |
[8]
Authentic use of the Karimpur's Language is absent from literature and media production. Today North-Rarhi dialect can be heard in the social media from local content creators like 'palligramtv' and others. Meanwhile, Dramas and films are made in Northest-Rarhi in Bangladesh. [9]
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