Rohingya language

Rohingya
  • 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝
  • رُحانغيه‎
  • Ruáingga
  • روھنگيا
The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi and Arabic scripts
Pronunciation[ruˈaiŋɡ(j)a]
Native toMyanmar and Bangladesh
RegionChittagong and Rakhine State
EthnicityRohingya
Native speakers
3.2 million (2018–2019)
Language codes
ISO 639-3rhg
Glottologrohi1238

Rohingya (رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ـࢬ‎, رُحانغيه, روھنگيا Ruáingga, [ruˈaiŋɡ(j)a]) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily by the Rohingya people, who are from Rakhine State of Myanmar. 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, Chakma, Noakhali and Chittagonian languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility.