Alternate Names: Sura
Dialects: None known. Preliminary survey results show intelligibility of Nepali Rajbanshi ,. Lexical similarity: 70%–74% with Hindi ,, 67%–71% with the western variety of Kamta , spoken near Dinajpur, 77%–86% with varieties of Surjapuri ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,220,000 (2001 census).
Language Use: Vigorous. Home, village. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Hindi [hin].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Low (2006 M. Toulmin). Different scripts in Nepal and India.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Possible alternate names are Chaupal, Choupal, and Suraji, but surveyors did not find these terms used. Historically more closely related to Kamta , and Rajbanshi , than Hindi ,, a relationship borne out by greater morphological similarity. (2006 M. Toulmin).