Northern Bengali | |
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উত্তরবঙ্গীয় বাংলা | |
Native to | Bangladesh India |
Region | Bangladesh Rajshahi Division, Rangpur Division Jalpaiguri Division, Malda Division |
Bengali alphabet | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | nort2658 Northern Bengali |
Northern Bengali, also known as Uttaravaṅgīẏa (Bengali: উত্তরবঙ্গীয়, romanized: uttôrbôṅgīẏô)[1] or Udīcya (Bengali: উদীচ্য, romanized: udīchyô),[2] is a nonstandard dialect cluster of Bengali spoken in northern parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, as well adjacent areas of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Nepal.