Rohingya

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A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3
rhg
Alternate Names
Rohinja, Ruwainggya
Population

800,000 in Myanmar (2012). Due to unrest, numbers are very uncertain. Total users in all countries: 1,700,000.

Location

North Rakhine State, Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships; Sittwe and Rathedaung townships.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese
Dialects

Not much contact between dialect groups living in different townships; intelligibility situation is not clear. Dialects differ by river valleys.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Most also use Rakhine [rki]. Also use Burmese [mya]. Used as L2 by Rakhine [rki].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Rohingya
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn]. Rohingya Hanifi script [Qabp], some development in immigrant communities for all three scripts.

Other Comments

About 1,000,000 refugees went to Bangladesh in recent years, the majority of whom have dispersed to other countries. Most refugees in UNHCR-controlled camps in Bangladesh were repatriated back to Myanmar, but many of these have returned to Bangladesh unofficially.

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