Rohingya language
| Rohingya | |
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The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi Rohingya script | |
| Native to | Bangladesh and Myanmar |
| Region | southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh) and Rakhine State (Myanmar) |
| Ethnicity | Rohingya |
Native speakers | 3.2 million (2018–2019) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rhg |
| Glottolog | rohi1238 |
Traditional area of Rohingya speakers | |
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| Rohingya people |
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Rohingya (/roʊˈɪndʒə, -hɪn-, -ɪŋjə/; Hanifi Rohingya: 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, Ruáingga,رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ, pronounced [rʊˈɜiɲɟə]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Rohingya people living in Rakhine State, Myanmar and Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. 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.