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Rakhine language

Arakanese
ရခိုင်ဘာသာ
Pronunciation IPA: [ɹəkʰàɪɴbàθà]
Native to Myanmar, Bangladesh, India
Region Rakhine State of western Myanmar; Bandarban, Khagrachari, Patuakhali, and Barguna Districts of Bangladesh, Tripura in India
Native speakers
1 million (2011–2013)
1 million second language in Myanmar (2013)
Dialects
Rakhawunna (historical)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
rki – Rakhine ("Arakanese")
rmz – Marma ("Burmese")
Glottolog arak1255

The Arakanese language (also known as Rakhine /rəˈkn/; Burmese: ရခိုင်ဘာသာ [ɹəkʰàɪɴ bàθà], MLCTS: rakhuin bhasa) is often considered a dialect of Burmese. Sometimes it is considered a separate language. "Arakan" is the former name for the Rakhine region. Arakanese can be divided into three dialects: SittweMarma (about two thirds of speakers), Ramree, and Thandwe.

There are significant vocabulary differences from Standard Burmese. Some are native words with no cognates in Standard Burmese, like "sarong" (လုံခြည် in Standard Burmese, ဒယော in Arakanese). Others are loan words from Bengali, English, and Hindi, not found in Standard Burmese. An example is "hospital," which is called ဆေးရုံ in Standard Burmese, but is called သေပ်လှိုင် (pronounced [θeɪʔ l̥àɪɴ]/[ʃeɪʔ l̥àɪɴ]) in Arakanese, from English "sick lines." Other words simply have different meanings (e.g., "afternoon", ညစ in Arakanese and ညနေ in Standard Burmese). Moreover, some archaic words in Standard Burmese are preferred in Arakanese. An example is the first person pronoun, which is အကျွန် in Arakanese (not ကျွန်တော်, as in Standard Burmese).


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