Linguistic Development of a 30 Months Old Bengali Child

Linguistic Development of a 30 Months Old Bengali Child

Basic information about the child

Name: Mohammad Rafi

Age: 30 months

Birth place: Dhaka

Living environment: Good

Language: Local new Dhaka dialect and standard Bangla, Monolingual.

Mother’s Name: Khaleda Begum

Profession: Homemaker

Language: Local new Dhaka dialect and standard Bangla

Father’s Name: Abdur Rahim

Profession: Employee

Language: Local new Dhaka dialect and standard Bangla.

Transcription of the language produced

Rafi: /Anty! Anty!/ (He was calling his aunty in front of him)

When the interview started, his aunty was requesting him to talk.

Interviewer: /Tomar naam ki?/

Rafi: /Ra...Ra....Rafi/

[He is trying to tell his name, but he cannot clearly tell his name]

Interviewer: /tomar ammur naam ki?/

Rafi: /Ho!Ho! mama! mamma!/

[He is trying to tell his mother’s name but he couldn't]

Interviewer: /Cheleti ke?/

Rafi: /Ho! Ho!..vaia/ (He knows his cousin)

Interviewer: /tomar abbur naam ki?/

Rafi: /Babo! Baba!/

(behind the camera his mother is pressing him to say his father’s name which she taught Rafi)

Interviewer: /mar hate eita ki?/

Rafi: Gari! (Not telling specific name)

Interviewer: /Aita ki gari?/

Rafi: /Moto gari!/ (Not says motor gari)

Interviewer: /Tomar abbu kothay?/

Rafi: /baba! baba! opore geche(Words are not clear)/

Rafi: /O..O...eng...eng...!/

(mumbling and making ambiguous sound)

Interviewer: /tumi ki school e jaw?/

Rafi: /Na! Na! Ammu poray!/

(After some minutes he felt irritated. He attended in playing)

Interviewer: /Tomar gari ami nia jbo?/

Rafi: /aa! aaa! eng....mrbo! marbo/

Interciewer: /amake?/

Rafi: /ho!ho!/

Interviewer: /Tomar jonno ki ane?/

Rafi: /komla......!/

Interviewer: /tumi futbol khelo?/

Rafi: /Vair sateh/

Interviewer: /TV dekho?/

Rafi: /Caton (cartoon) dekhi/

Interviewer: /gari chalaite paro?/

Rafi: /na/

Interviewer: /school e jaw?/

Rafi: /ammu poray/

Contributed by:

MD.DIDARUL ISLAM

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Written By:  Sheikh Mohammad Emon,  

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