| Revision as of 10:36, 25 May 2021 view sourceAustronesier (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers26,098 edits per WP:CONCISE. "Indo-Aryan" is the best characteristic marker for Indo-Aryan languages, and is used alone in most language pages. Details are in "Classification".← Previous edit |
Revision as of 10:42, 25 May 2021 view source Austronesier (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers26,098 edits Restored sourced content. The news article is blatantly off topic and its use here is quite appropriating. It is about linguistic minorities in West Bengal, not about the language attitude of Chittagonians in Bangladesh.Next edit → |
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'''Chittagonian''' Language ({{lang-ctg|চাটগাঁইয়া}} বুলি, Caṭgãia Buli) is an ] spoken in the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chittagonian|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctg|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Ethnologue|language=en}}</ref> It is generally considered to be a nonstandard ].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Masica |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Masica |year=1991 |title=The Indo-Aryan Languages |place= Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=25}}</ref> Due to Bengali ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-11|title=Making Bengali mandatory in hill schools is ‘linguistic imperialism’: GJM students’ wing|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/wbbse-west-bengal-language-mandatory-bengali-in-schools-is-linguistic-imperialism-gjm-students-wing-4608906/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> But the two are not ].<ref name=Ethnologue>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ctg|title=Chittagonian A language of Bangladesh |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |year=2009 |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Masica |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Masica |year=1991 |title=The Indo-Aryan Languages |place= Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=16}} "The dialect of Chittagong, in southeast Bangladesh, is different enough to be considered a separate language."</ref> It is estimated (2009) that Chittagonian has 13–16 million speakers, principally in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=size |title=Summary by language size |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |year=2009 |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> |
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'''Chittagonian''' Language ({{lang-ctg|চাটগাঁইয়া}} বুলি, Caṭgãia Buli) is an ] spoken in the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chittagonian|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ctg|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Ethnologue|language=en}}</ref> It is generally considered to be a nonstandard ] because its speakers identify with Bengali culture and Standard Bengali as literary language,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Masica |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Masica |year=1991 |title=The Indo-Aryan Languages |place= Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=25}}</ref> but the two are not ].<ref name=Ethnologue>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ctg|title=Chittagonian A language of Bangladesh |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |year=2009 |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Masica |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Masica |year=1991 |title=The Indo-Aryan Languages |place= Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=16}} "The dialect of Chittagong, in southeast Bangladesh, is different enough to be considered a separate language."</ref> It is estimated (2009) that Chittagonian has 13–16 million speakers, principally in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/ethno_docs/distribution.asp?by=size |title=Summary by language size |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition |year=2009 |access-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> |
Languages of Bangladesh