Rohingya language

Rohingya
  • 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝
  • 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝
رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ, رُآ࣪يڠۡگَࢬ
The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi Rohingya script
Native toBangladesh and Myanmar
Regionsoutheastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh) and Rakhine State (Myanmar)
EthnicityRohingya
Native speakers
3.2 million (2018–2019)
Language codes
ISO 639-3rhg
Glottologrohi1238
Traditional area of Rohingya speakers

Rohingya (/rˈɪnə, -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.