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Chakma language
| Chakma | |
|---|---|
| Changhma, Daingnet | |
| 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴 | |
_in_Chakma_Script.svg){kind=small} 'Changmha Bhach' in Chakma script | |
| Native to | Bangladesh, India and Myanmar |
| Region |
|
| Ethnicity | Chakma, Daingnet |
Native speakers | 483,299 in Bangladesh (2022)[1] 228,000 in India (2011)[2] |
| Chakma script, Latin script, Bengali script[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ccp |
| Glottolog | chak1266 |
| IETF | ccp |
Chakma (/ˈtʃɑːkmə/; autonym: 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴, ) is an Indo-Aryan language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers are known as the Changhma or the Daingnet people. The language has common features with other languages in the region like the Chittagonian, Tanchangya, Arakanese and others. It has 483,299 speakers in Bangladesh[1] primarily the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and another 230,000 in India, including 97,000 in Mizoram,[3] Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. It is written using the Chakma script, but literacy in this script is low.
- ^ a b "Table A-1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ a b Chakma language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "District Census Handbook Lawngtlai" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.
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