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(Redirected from Yangbye language) Rakhine dialect of Burma

Ramree
Yangbye
Pronunciation[jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá]
Native toArakan State
RegionRamree Island, South Arakan Coast, Irrawaddy Division, Bangladesh
Native speakers(810,000 cited 1983)
Language familySino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3ybd retired and subsumed into rki
Glottolog(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language)
yang1301

Ramree (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား, Burmese pronunciation: [jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá], also spelt Yanbye or Ranbre) is the main dialect of the Rakhine language spoken in southern Rakhine State of Burma (Myanmar), especially in the areas surrounding Ramree Island, the Awagyun Island and southern coastal regions in Bangladesh. Ramree language is also widely spoken along the western coastline of Irrawaddy Division.

References

  1. Yangbye at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. "Glottolog 4.7 - Yangbye". glottolog.org. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. "Yangbye language Map". Retrieved 22 July 2010.

See also

Burmese language
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Literature
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