ISO 639-3 · rhgrhg
Indo-European family
Rohingya
Rohingya is a language of the Bengali–Assamese branch (Indo-European), spoken in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 1.8 m speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “Eastern Indo-Aryan language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
rhg- Glottocode
rohi1238- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
5levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Rohingya |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rohingyalish, Rohingya language |
| All speakers | 1,800,000 (2012) |
| Written in | Arabic script, Hanifi Rohingya, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Rohingya
The branches above Rohingya, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Bangladesh
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