Chakma language
Chakma (/ˈtʃɑːkmə/; autonym: 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴, Changmha Bhach) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Chakma and Daingnet people. The language has common features with other languages in the region like the Chittagonian, Tanchangya, Arakanese and others. It is spoken by around 380,000 people. 150,000 of these are in southeast Bangladesh, primarily the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and another 230,000 in India, including 97,000 in Mizoram, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. It is written using the Chakma script, but literacy in this script is low.
| Chakma | |
|---|---|
| Changmha, Daingnet | |
| 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴 | |
'Changmha Bhach' in Chakma script | |
| Native to | Bangladesh and India |
| Region | Chittagong Hill Tracts CADC, Mizoram Tripura Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Chakma, Daingnet |
Native speakers | 150,000 in Bangladesh (2007) 228,000 in India (2011) |
| Chakma script, Latin script, Bengali script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ccp |
| Glottolog | chak1266 |
| IETF | ccp |
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