This is exactly the point. The whole Barak Valley region in South Assam
(districts Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj, now renamed to Sribhumi) is
not only "Bangla-influenced", but is almost completely Bengali speaking
(you will not hear Assamese here at all, only Hindi, Manipuri and some
tribal languages here and there).
To be more precise, the spoken language here is not a standard Bengali,
but Sylheti, which some linguists regard as a separate language, not
just a dialect of Bengali.
L.
On 9/29/2025 3:15 AM, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY wrote:
The sign does have a র (ra) written as in the Bangla script rather than
the standard Asamiya ৰ. From what I could figure out, this seems to be
somewhere in the southern part of Assam, right near the border with
Bangladesh, so the language there might be strongly Bangla-influenced.
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David Buchta, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
Department of Classics
Brown University
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that Assamese and
Bengali scripts are identical, save for two additional characters in
Bengali that I don’t see in the sign.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 23:13, Jahnabi Barooah Chanchani
<[email protected] <mailto:On+Sun,+Sep+28,+2025+at+23:13,
+Jahnabi+Barooah+Chanchani+%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
A quick note that the script is not Assamese, but Bengali.
Also, the third word in the second line is pattrālaya. I wonder if
that means post office in this context?
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
The news report has the place name Patiyala Basti
The text has madhyapaaTiyaalaa in both the lines.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY
< [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Patrick,
I think the first word should actually be sthānam.
It seems to be part of a longish address of the
SannyāsībāDī temple named just above, not a verse.
Same thing in Assamese script at the top.
Best
Matthew
On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 04:59, patrick mccartney via
INDOLOGY < [email protected] <mailto:On+Sun,
+Sep+28,+2025+at+04:59,+patrick+mccartney+via+INDOLOGY+
%3C%3Ca+href=>> wrote:
Dear Friends,
In the following news article about a couple of
'Sanskrit-speaking' villages in the borderlands of Assam,
https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/
assam-news/assam-sanskrit-revived-in-two-border-villages-
in-karimganj <https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-
india-news/assam-news/assam-sanskrit-revived-in-two-
border-villages-in-karimganj>
there is an image which appears to have a Sanskrit verse
on the sign, which reads:
rayānam-madhyapatiyālā, patanjali yogamārgaḥ
grāma madhyapātiyālā, pan?tālayaḥ pecāyālā
I have not had much success in deciphering this. I think
these are possibly local place or family names. Though,
I'm not sure.
If anyone has some greater insight, I would be pleased to
hear from you.
Thank you.
Patrick
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