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The Tanchangya language is one of the eleven indigenous languages spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Mizoram, Tripura, and Rakhine State. Despite the common belief that it is a Tibeto-Burman language, it is categorized as a Indo-Aryan language. It is closely related to Chakma and Chittagonian. It is primarily spoken by the Tanchangyas people.


Vocabulary

Tanchangya has many words from
Indo-Aryan languages The Indo-Aryan languages, or sometimes Indic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. As of 2024, there are more than 1.5 billion speakers, primarily concentrated east ...
. It also maintains some Burmanised words, particularly in Buddhist terminologies.


Ancient Tanchangya

The original words of Tanchangya are believed to be from ancient Tanchangya.Roti Kanta Tanchangya (2000): 62-65


Tibeto-Burman

Tanchangay belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family; hence, many Buddhist terms can be found in Tanchangya.


Foreign words

In Tanchangya, words derived from Arabic, Portuguese, and English can be found.


Chakma

Outside of the Tanchangya tribe, there is a common belief that there is no difference between Tanchangya and the Chakma language.


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