RHG ISO 639-3
Rohingya
Ruwainggya Autonym
A language of Myanmar
- ISO 639
- rhg
- Alternate Names
- Rohinja
- Autonym
- Ruwainggya
- Population
- 484,000 in Myanmar (2017 The Arakan Project). Due to unrest, numbers are very uncertain. Total users in all countries: 2,529,250.
- Location:
- Rakhine state: Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Rathedaung and Sittwe townships.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese
- Dialects
- Not much contact between dialect groups living in different townships; intelligibility situation is not clear. Dialects differ by river valleys.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Rakhine [rki]. Also use Burmese [mya]. Educated individuals are literate in it. Used as L2 by Rakhine [rki].
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Rohingya
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Hanifi Rohingya script [Rohg], some development in immigrant communities for all three scripts. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Over 1,000,000 refugees went to Bangladesh in recent years, the majority having fled in 2017. Though some of them have dispersed to other countries, most refugees remain in UN-controlled camps in Bangladesh under severely restricted movement rules. Repatriation back to Myanmar is stalled.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of United Arab Emirates
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
50,000 in United Arab Emirates (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
2,250 in Australia (2016 census).
- Location
- Chittagong division: Cox’s Bazaar district.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Muslim. View other languages of Bangladesh
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
947,000 in Bangladesh (2017 The Arakan Project).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Indonesia
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
1,000 in Indonesia (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of India
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
40,000 in India (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Malaysia
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
150,000 in Malaysia (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Pakistan
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
350,000 in Pakistan (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim. View other languages of Saudi Arabia
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
500,000 in Saudi Arabia (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Political refugees from the Rakhine states in Myanmar without legal status, housed in camps largely in southernmost provinces, although there are also Rohingya held in western and eastern provinces of Kanchanaburi, Mukdahan, and Ubon Ratchathani.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Muslim, Christian, Hindu. View other languages of Thailand
Language Name
Rohingya
User Population
5,000 in Thailand (2017 The Arakan Project). , based on nationality.
Map
Location: Rakhine state: Buthidaung, Maungdaw, Rathedaung and Sittwe townships.
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