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ISO 639-3 · rkirki
Sino-Tibetan family
Arakanese Language
Arakanese Language is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 765,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
rki- Glottocode
rakh1245- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 19.70, 93.90
- Wikipedia
- 26 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Arakanese Language |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rakhine language, Arakanese language, rki, Arakanese |
| All speakers | 765,000 |
| Written in | Burmese alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Arakanese Language
The branches above Arakanese Language, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Bangladesh
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