Tanchangya language
The Tanchangya language is one of the eleven indigenous languages in Chittagong Hill Tracts in present-day Bangladesh, and an ethnic group in the Indian states of Tripura and Mizoram, as well as Rakhine State in Myanmar. Despite commonly believe as Indo-Aryan language, it is categorized as aTibeto-Burman language. It is closely related to Chakma and Chittagonian.
| Tanchangya | |
|---|---|
| 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡 | |
'Tanchangya' in Tanchangya/Chakma script | |
| Native to | Bangladesh |
| Region | Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh) Mizoram and Tripura (India) Rakhine State (Myanmar) |
| Ethnicity | Tanchangya people |
Native speakers | (22,000 cited 1991 census) |
| Tanchangya alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tnv |
| Glottolog | tang1330 |
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