Tangchangya

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A language of Bangladesh

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Tanchangya
User Population

21,600 (1991 census).

Location

Chittagong hills.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Outer Languages, Eastern, Bengali-Assamese
Dialects

None known. 90% intelligibility of Chakma [ccp]. Lexical similarity: 58%–67% with Chakma [ccp].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Chak [ckh], in Khagrachari and Rangamati districts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tangchangya
Writing

Chakma script [Cakm].