Phonology • Extensive use of
Obhishruti (অভিশ্রুতি, /obʱisrut̪i/,
umlaut). E.g. Beng. Koriya (করিয়া, /koria/, meaning - having done) > Beng. Koira (কইর্যা, /koirya/) > Beng. Kore (করে, /kore/). • The change of অ to ও, when অ is the first sound of a word where the অ is followed by ই(ি), ও(ো), ক্ষ or য. E.g. Ati (written অতি, means 'excess') is pronounced as Oti (ওতি, /ot̪i/). • Use of
vowel harmony. E.g. Bilati (বিলাতি, /bilat̪i/, meaning - foreign) became Biliti (বিলিতি, /bilit̪i/). • Most of the time, if the first sound of a word is 'n', it becomes 'l' and if it is 'l', it becomes 'n'. E.g. newa (নেওয়া, /nēwa/) became lewa (লেওয়া, /lēwa/) and lebu (লেবু, /lēbu/, meaning - lemon) became nebu (নেবু, /nēbu/). • The Aspirated 'chh' at the after of a word is pronounced like not aspirated 'ch'. E.g Giyechhi (গিয়েছি, /giyēchhi/, meaning - have gone) became gechi (গেচি, /gēchi/).
Morphology • The common standard Bengali plural affix 'gulô' (গুলো) is pronounced 'gunô' (গুনো) in the dialect, whereas it becomes 'gulā' or 'gulān' in
eastern Bengali dialects. • The past first person affix (i)lām in standard dialect becomes (i)lum, or (i)nu. E.g the word in standard dialect 'kôr(i)lām' (কর'লাম) became kôr(i)lum (কর'লুম) or kôr(i)nu (কর'নু). • The 'go' suffix which is added to the singular genetive to form the genetive plural is also found in Rarhi dialect speaking areas but it is commonly used in
Vanga dialects. E.g āmā-gô (our), tômā-gô (your). == References ==