DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i05.018

Pages: 1151-1160

Bangla is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language which belongs to Indo-European language family. Bangla is the national language of Bangladesh. Regional variation in spoken Bangla is a very common phenomenon. The native speaker of Mymensingh practice Bangla in their everyday communication and Mymensingh dialect has a clear discrepancy from Standard Bangla with regard to grammar. This study explores the extent of variations of Mymensingh dialect from Standard Bangla in terms of grammar. To collect data, the researcher visited the different areas of the target area. The respondents were different kinds of people such as ward leaders, religious leaders, farmers, teachers, housewives etc. The language of print and electronic media has been considered as Standard Bangla.