Rohingya language
| Rohingya | |
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| Pronunciation | [ruˈaiŋɡ(j)a] |
| Native to | Myanmar and Bangladesh |
| Region | Chittagong and Rakhine State |
| Ethnicity | Rohingya |
Native speakers | 3.2 million (2018–2019) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rhg |
| Glottolog | rohi1238 |
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Rohingya (𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ـࢬ, Ruáingga, [ruˈaiŋɡ(j)a]) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily by the Rohingya people, who are from Rakhine State of Myanmar. 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, Chakma and Chittagonian languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility.