Language
The Rajbongshi/Rajbanshi language is spoken by 10 million people, according to a 2001 census report for West Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Malda and Murshidabad), Assam (Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Koch Rajbongshi in Silchar, Dhubri and Bongaigaon) and Bihar (kishanganj District) in India. The language is also spoken in Bangladesh and Nepal. Other names of the language are Kamtapuri, Rajbangsi, Rajbansi, Rajbongshi, Goalpariya and Tajpuri. The Rajbanshi language has a complete grammar.
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