Alternate Names: Rohinja
Dialects: Not much contact between dialect groups living in different townships; intelligibility situation is not clear. Dialects differ by river valleys.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 800,000 in Myanmar (2012). Due to unrest, numbers are very uncertain. Population total all countries: 1,800,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Those with education are literate in Burmese [mya]. 750,000 also use Rakhine [rki]. Used as L2 by Rakhine [rki].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Writing System: Arabic, Latin, Rohingya Hanifi
Nation of Origin: Myanmar
Other Comments: About 1,000,000 refugees went to Bangladesh in recent years, the majority of whom have dispersed to other countries. Most refugees in UNHCR-controlled camps in Bangladesh were repatriated back to Myanmar, but many of these have returned to Bangladesh unofficially.