Rajbanshi in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Eastern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

No

Comments

Some books about culture and old traditions of Rajbanshi are available.

Rajbanshi Lok Kobitar Andarmahal, Hawakal Publishers, Kamalesh Sarkar 978-93-87883-16-1 (2018).

RAJBANSHI KABITA SANKALAN, Puli publication, JATIN BARMA & BINOD BIHARI BARMAN, 978-93-95879-09-5 (2022).

RAJBANSHI JAGARAN PALA, Puli publication, RANJIT MANDAL AND BHAGIRATH DAS, 978-93-95879-05-7 (2022).

Asomor Koch Rajbanshi : Sangram, Patabhumi aaru bhabishyat. Arup Jyoti Das, Blue Sparrow Books. 978-81-951392-3-1. (2022)

Rajbanshi Samaj O Monishi Panchanan Barma, Readers Service Publications. Madhab Chandra Adhikary. 978-93-92283-06-2 (2022)

RAJBANSHI BHASHA O TAR RAJNITI, Nitish Biswas. 978-93-5602-998-9 (2022).

Rajbanshi Samajjiban O Sanskritir Itihas, Tuhina Prakashani Ranajit Deb 978-93-90624-50-8 (2021)

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Videos about culture, language, folklore and interviews are available.
https://archive.org/details/jesus-film-rajbanshi-language

https://archive.org/details/torbina_201808

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEx4L4ER0Lk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7f-SJ2RlU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBe1sVURKIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYZLtxTl-t4

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Comments

Some audio recordings are available in rajbanshi language.
https://archive.org/details/podcast_words-life-good-news_6-rajbanshi-noahmp3_1000448309088

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/rjs

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Descriptive sketches, dictionaries and other books are available in Rajbanshi language.

Christopher P. Wilde. 2008. A Sketch of the Phonology and Grammar of Rājbanshi. Ph. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki; xxii+559pp.)

Poudel, Tikaram. 2006. Rajbanshi grammar and interlinearized text. (Lincom Studies in Indo-European Linguistics, 34.) München: Lincom. iv+122pp.

https://ir.nbu.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/173/18/233325.pdf

Tapati Ghosh. 2011. Rajbangsi. In West Bengal: Part-I, 259-299. India: Language Division Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner.

Yadav, Surya Prasad. 2014. A Sociolinguistic Survey of Rajbanshi and Tajpuriya. Kathmandu: Linguistic Survey of Nepal (LinSuN), Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Barman, Kartick Chandra. “Folk Literature among the Rajbanshis of West Dinajpur: A Brief Study”. International Journal of Research & Analytical Reviews.Vol.5 No. 4. Oct. – Dec. 2018 http://ijrar.com/.

Basu, Swaraj.Dynamics of a Caste Movement: The Rajbanshis of North Bengal. New Delhi: Manohar, 2003.

Bhawal, Paulami. “Evolution of Rajbanshi Society: A Historical Assessment”. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS). Vol. 20, No10: 1, Oct. 2015. Accessed on May, 2021 www.iosrjournals.org.

https://journal.skbu.ac.in/published/paper_full_text/702421649683875.pdf?v=1652959902

https://wbnorthbengaldev.gov.in/htmlpage/Rajbongshi.aspx

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Rajbanshi is mainly written with Bengali Script

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

West Bengal and Assam

Size / Number of users

Number of users

475861

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Comments

West Bengal and Assam are the two main states where Rajbanshi language is used.

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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