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          <div class="field-item even"><p>Chittagong division: widespread.</p>
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          <div class="field-item even"><p>3 (Wider communication). Used as an L2 in Rangamati, Bandarban, Cox’ s Bazar, and Chittagong districts primarily for business and market.</p>
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          <div class="field-item even"><p>Not inherently intelligible with Bengali <a href="/language/ben">[ben]</a>, although considered a nonstandard Bengali dialect. Dialects form a continuum from north to south, with a larger religious distinction between Muslim and others. Rohingya <a href="/language/rhg">[rhg]</a> in Myanmar is reportedly similar to the southern dialect of Chittagonian. Lexical similarity: 43%–64% with Bangla <a href="/language/ben">[ben]</a>.</p>
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          <div class="field-item even"><p>Home, family, religion. Many also use Bengali <a href="/language/ben">[ben]</a>, 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 <a href="/language/ben">[ben]</a>, Chakma <a href="/language/ccp">[ccp]</a>, Marma <a href="/language/rmz">[rmz]</a>, Mru <a href="/language/mro">[mro]</a>, Rakhine <a href="/language/rki">[rki]</a>, Rohingya <a href="/language/rhg">[rhg]</a>, Tippera <a href="/language/tpe">[tpe]</a>.</p>
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Chittagonian | Ethnologue

Chittagonian

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A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chatgaiyan Buli, Chatgaya, Chittagonian Bengali

Autonym

চাঁটগাঁইয়া বুলি‎ (Caṭgãia Buli)

Population

13,000,000 (2006 SIL).

Location

Chittagong division: widespread.

Language Maps

Southeastern Bangladesh

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.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Chittagonian

Writing

Bengali script [Beng], primary usage. Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim, Christian, Hindu.

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