This article is about the Sino-Tibetan language of Myanmar and Bangladesh. For the Algonquian language of the US and Mexico sometimes called Sac or Sauk, seeFox language.
Cak is spoken in Bangladesh by about 3,000 people and in Rakhine State, Burma by about 1,000 people according toEthnologue. In Bangladesh, Cak is spoken inBaishari,Naikhyongchari, andDochari (Huziwara 2018). In Rakhine State, Burma, Sak is spoken inMaungdaw,Buthidaung,Rathedaung, andMrauk U townships (Huziwara 2018). The Baishari dialect is the most conservative one (Huziwara 2018).[2]
According toEthnologue, in Bangladesh, Chak is spoken in 14 villages in:
Sak uses adecimal-based numeral system.[5] Sak uses two sets of numerals: an indigenous system, and another system borrowed fromArakanese, often used for numbers beyond ten.[5]
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