Rohingya language

Rohingya
Rohingya
𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝; 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝; رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎, رُآ࣪يڠۡگَࢬ‎
	The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi Rohingya script
Native to	Myanmar and Bangladesh
Region	Rakhine State (Myanmar) and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh)
Ethnicity	Rohingya
Native speakers	3.2 million (2018–2019)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bengali–Assamese Rohingya; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Hanifi Rohingya; Perso-Arabic (Rohingya Arabic Alphabet); Latin (Rohingyalish); Burmese; Bengali–Assamese (rare);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rhg
Glottolog	rohi1238
	Traditional area of Rohingya speakers
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Rohingya (/roʊˈɪndʒə, -hɪn-, -ɪŋjə/; Hanifi Rohingya: 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, Ruáingga,رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎,^[2] pronounced [rʊˈɜiɲɟə])^[3] is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Rohingya people living in Rakhine State, Myanmar and Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.^[4]^[5]^[6] 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.^[7]

^ Rohingya language at Ethnologue (28th ed., 2025)
^ Ibrahim, Muhammad (2013). رُحَ࣪ڠۡگِ࣭ࢬ فࣤنَّ࣪رۡ كِتَفۡ لࣤمۡبࣤ࣪رۡ (١) [Rohingya Text Book I] (in Arabic). Rohingya fonna.
^ "Rohingya". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Rohingya". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ "What is Rohingyalish or Rohingya Language?", Rohingya Language Foundation, archived from the original on 31 July 2012, retrieved 11 June 2012
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^ Ro, Christine (13 September 2019). "The Linguistic Innovation Emerging From Rohingya Refugees". Forbes. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023.

Rohingya
𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎, رُآ࣪يڠۡگَࢬ‎
The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi Rohingya script
Native to	Myanmar and Bangladesh
Region	Rakhine State (Myanmar) and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh)
Ethnicity	Rohingya
Native speakers	3.2 million (2018–2019)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bengali–Assamese Rohingya
Writing system	Hanifi Rohingya Perso-Arabic (Rohingya Arabic Alphabet) Latin (Rohingyalish) Burmese Bengali–Assamese (rare)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rhg`
Glottolog	`rohi1238`
Traditional area of Rohingya speakers
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