Southern Bengali dialects
| Sundarbanī Bengali | |
|---|---|
| Southern Bengali Satkhiraiya Bengali Chobbish Parganaiya Bengali | |
| সুন্দরবনী বাংলা | |
| Native to | India and Bangladesh |
| Region | India: North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas (excluding Bangaon and Kakdwip subdivision) districts of West Bengal Bangladesh: Satkhira district and parts of Khulna district |
Early forms | Gaudi Prakrit
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| Bengali script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Southern Bengali or Sundarbanī Bengali (Bengali: সুন্দরবনী বাংলা, romanized: Sundôrbônī Bāṅlā/Šundôrbônī Bāṅlā, pronounced [sund̪ɔɾbɔniː baŋla] or pronounced [ʃund̪ɔɾbɔniː baŋla]) is a group of vernacular Bengali dialects spoken in the southern part of Bengal. It is generally considered to be part of either the Eastern Bengali or Central Bengali dialects, but the dialect group shares distinctive features from both Eastern and Central dialects.