North Central Bengali or Varendrë Bengali (, ) is a cluster of Bengali dialects and their varieties, it is also known as Uttaravaá¹ gëáºÂa or Udëcya, it is spoken in the Varendra region (primarily consisting of the Rajshahi Division, parts of the Gaibandha and Dinajpur districts in Bangladesh and the Malda division in India excluding Islampur). Varendri dialect was classified by many renowned Indian linguists like Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Sukumar Sen and others. It is also spoken in adjoining villages in neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand. Varendri dialect has some influences of neighbouring dialects of Maithili and other Bihari languages.
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah divided all Bengali dialects into two main groups: PrÃÂcya () and PÃÂà ÂcÃÂtya (). Within his PÃÂà ÂcÃÂtya grouping, he identified a subdivision termed "Northern" or "Udëcya", which broadly corresponds to what is described here as North Central Bengali but also including Far Northern Bengali dialects. This classification aligns with the combined dialect groups of "Varendra" and "KÃÂmarà «pa" proposed by Suniti Kumar Chatterji, while the remaining area corresponds to RÃÂá¸Âha dialects. In Shahidullah's classification, this northern zone is said to extend from Goalpara to Purnia, encompassing much of the historical regions of Kamarupa and Varendra. This area includes the modern divisions of Rangpur and Rajshahi in Bangladesh as well as Jalpaiguri and Malda in West Bengal. The Varendri dialect is also known as the "Rajshahi-Malda dialect". It is sometimes divided into Indian varieties, such as the "Maldahiya" or "Gaudi" dialects and Bangladeshi varieties known as the "Purbo Varendri" dialects.
Varendri Bengali is a Bengali dialect belonging to North Bengal. Alongwith Eastern Bengali, the standardised register of Bengali was based on the Central Bengali dialect spoken in Nadia and Greater Kushtia (West-Central Bengal). A comparison of Varendri dialects and their varieties is presented below:
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Gambhira, a Bengali folk genre is originally evolved with this dialect. This dialect is famous in many Bengali dramas. A web series by Chorki named Shaaticup is created in this dialect.