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Ramree dialect

Ramree 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.

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Ramree
Yangbye
Pronunciation[jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá]
Native toRakhine State
RegionRamree Island, South Arakan Coast, Irrawaddy Division, Bangladesh
Native speakers
(810,000 cited 1983)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3ybd (retired and subsumed into rki2)
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.3

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References

  1. Ramree 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.