USE OF LANGUAGE OF THE THIRD GENDER IN BANGLADESH: ASOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY

Abstract

This paper tries to focus on the use of language of the third gender in Bangladesh in relation to
the Bangladeshi society. The area is not limited to Bangladesh only. This paper also focuses on
the language, Hijra Farsi of neighbouring country- Pakistan in order to identify some common
characteristics in the use of this language by the communities of third gender in Pakistan and
Bangladesh. This research activity is intended to show that how social factors, significantly, influence the use of language in the community of the third gender.