Rohingya language
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Rohingya (/roʊˈɪndʒə, -hɪn-, -ɪŋjə/; Hanifi Rohingya: 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, Ruáingga,رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ,[2] pronounced [rʊˈɜiɲɟə])[3] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Rohingya people of Rakhine State, Myanmar.[4][5] It is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Bengali–Assamese branch, and is closely related to the Chittagonian language spoken in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya and Chittagonian languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility.[6]
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Native to | Myanmar (Rakhine State) |
Region | Rakhine State (Myanmar) and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh) |
Ethnicity | Rohingya |
Native speakers | 2.5 million (2017)[1] |
Hanifi Rohingya Perso-Arabic (Rohingya Arabic Alphabet) Latin (Rohingyalish) Burmese Bengali–Assamese (rare) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rhg |
Glottolog | rohi1238 |
Traditional area of Rohingya speakers | |
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