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CTG ISO 639-3

Chittagonian

চাঁটগাঁইয়া বুলি‎ (Caṭgãia Buli) Autonym

A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Chatgaiyan Buli, Chatgaya, Chittagonian Bengali
Autonym
চাঁটগাঁইয়া বুলি‎ (Caṭgãia Buli)
Population
13,000,000 (2006 SIL).
Location:
Chittagong division: widespread.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication). Used as an L2 in Rangamati, Bandarban, Cox’ s Bazar, and Chittagong districts primarily for business and market.
Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese
Dialects
Not inherently intelligible with Bengali [ben], although considered a nonstandard Bengali dialect. Dialects form a continuum from north to south, with a larger religious distinction between Muslim and others. Rohingya [rhg] in Myanmar is reportedly similar to the southern dialect of Chittagonian. Lexical similarity: 43%–64% with Bangla [ben].
Language Use
Home, family, religion. Many also use Bengali [ben], especially educated people who understand it but are not comfortable using it. Women in rural villages without access to television do not understand Bengali. Used as L2 by Bengali [ben], Chakma [ccp], Marma [rmz], Mru [mro], Rakhine [rki], Rohingya [rhg], Tippera [tpe].
Language Development
Lower literacy rate than most of the country. TV. Dictionary. Texts.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chittagonian
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Bengali (Bangla) script [Beng], primary usage. Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Muslim, Christian, Hindu.

Also Spoken in

Map

Location: Chittagong division: widespread.