Phonological Inventory of Chandipuri Dialect of Naogaon District, Bangladesh

Abstract

The Chandipuri dialect of Naogaon district is known for its uniqueness. Phonological, syntactic and morphological features. This research paper especially focused on analysing the phonological features of Chandipuri dialect. Consonants are examined based on their place and manner of articulation, Using different rules and tests such as minimal pair selection test, contrast test. During research seven verbal vowels and twenty-six consonants are identified in the Chandipuri dialect. The research mainly focused on analysing each single consonant phoneme and Vowels sound differently. This analysis seems to have many unknown characteristics of different consonant sounds are highlighted compared to regular Bengali dialect.