Rohingya
A language of Myanmar
| Population | 1,000,000 in Myanmar (2006). Population total all countries: 1,500,000. |
| Region | Rakhine state. Also in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand. |
| Alternate names | Akyab, Arakan, Rohinja |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Bengali-Assamese |
| Comments | Migrated from Bangladesh several generations ago. 250,000 refugees went back to Bangladesh in recent years, but most have been repatriated back to Myanmar by UNHCR. Muslim, Hindu, Christian. |
Also spoken in:
Bangladesh
| Language name | Rohingya |
| Population | 200,000 in Bangladesh (2006). |
| Region | Cox’s Bazaar District. |
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Bangladesh |
| Alternate names | Rohinga, Rohinja |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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