| Chittagonian | |
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| Chittagonian Bengali | |
| চাটগাঁইয়া[1] চিটাইঙ্গা[2] | |
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| Pronunciation | [saŋʈgaiyaŋ] [siʈaiŋga] |
| Native to | Bangladesh |
| Region | Chittagong region |
| Ethnicity | Bengali[3][4] |
Native speakers | 13 million (2006)[5] to 16 million (2007)[6] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ctg |
ctg | |
| Glottolog | chit1275 |
| Linguasphere | 73-DEE-aa |
 Map Chittagonian Language speaking area | |
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Chittagonian (চাটগাঁইয়াsaṭgãia orচিটাইঙ্গাsiṭaiṅga)[1][2] orChittagonian Bengali[8][9] is anIndo-Aryan language spoken in parts of theChittagong Division inBangladesh.[5] Chittagonian is not inherently intelligible to other varieties of Bengali, although it is considered by some as anonstandardBengali dialect.[5] Chittagonian is also considered to be a separate language by some linguists.[10] While Chittagonian is linguistically distinct, its speakers identify withBengali culture and theStandard Bengali language.[3] It is broadly mutually intelligible with theRohingya language and with a lesser extent toNoakhali. It is estimated (2006) that Chittagonian has 13 million speakers, principally in Bangladesh.[5]
Chittagonian is a member of theBengali-Assamese sub-branch of theEastern group ofIndo-Aryan languages, a branch of the wider Indo-European language family. It is derived through an EasternMiddle Indo-Aryan fromOld Indo-Aryan, and ultimately fromProto-Indo-European.[5]Grierson (1903) grouped the dialects of Chittagong underSoutheastern Bengali, alongside the dialects ofNoakhali andAkyab.Chatterji (1926) places Chittagonian in the easternVangiya group ofMagadhi Prakrit and notes that all Bengali dialects were independent of each other and did not emanate from the literary Bengali called "sadhu bhasha".[11] Among the different dialect groups of these eastern dialects, Chittagonian has phonetic and morphological properties that are not present in standard Bengali and other western dialects of Bengali.[12]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||
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| Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | ʈ | k | |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f~ɸ | s | ʃ | x | |
| voiced | z | ɣ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Trill/Tap | ɾ~r | |||||
| Approximant | lateral | l | ||||
| central | (w) | j | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| High-mid | e | o | |
| Low-mid | (ɛ) | ɔ | |
| Low | æ | a |
TheBengali script (Bangla Lipi) andLatin script are used to write this language.
Gboard forAndroid has added a Chittagongian Keyboard.[16]
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