Rohingya language

Rohingya
Rohingya
𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝; 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝; رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎, رُآ࣪يڠۡگَࢬ‎
	The word "Rohingya" written in the Hanifi Rohingya script
Native to	Myanmar (Rakhine State)
Region	Rakhine State (Myanmar) and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh)
Ethnicity	Rohingya
Native speakers	2.5 million (2017)
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

Rohingya (/roʊˈɪndʒə, -hɪn-, -ɪŋjə/; Hanifi Rohingya: 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝, Ruáingga,رُحَ࣪ڠۡگَ࣪ࢬ‎, pronounced [rʊˈɜiɲɟə]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Rohingya people of Rakhine State, 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 and Chittagonian languages have a high degree of mutual intelligibility.

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