Rakhine language

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Rakhine (/rəˈkn/; Burmese: ရခိုင်ဘာသာ, MLCTS: ra.hkuing bhasa [ɹəkʰàɪɴ bàθà]), also known as Arakanese, is a language of western Myanmar that is closely related to Burmese. Native to the Rakhine, Marma and Kamein peoples, it is spoken as a first language by one million people, and as a second language by a further million.

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Rakhine
Arakanese
ရက္ခိုင်ဘာသာ
PronunciationIPA: [ɹəkʰàɪɴbàθà]
Native toMyanmar, Bangladesh, India
Region
EthnicityRakhine, Kamein
Native speakers
1 million (2011–2013)[1]
1 million second language speakers in Myanmar (2013)
Dialects
Burmese script
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
rki  Rakhine ("Arakanese")
rmz  Marma ("Burmese")
Glottologarak1255
Rakhine_State_in_Myanmar.svg
Rakhine State shown within Myanmar
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Arakanese has 91% lexical similarity with standard Burmese, while the Rakhine and Marma varieties have 85% lexical similarity each other.[2] Thus, it is often considered to be a dialect or variety of Burmese. As there are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing a language from a dialect, scholars and other interested parties often disagree about the linguistic, historical and social status of Arakanese.[3] There are three dialects of Arakanese: SittweMarma (about two thirds of speakers), Ramree, and Thandwe.[4]