Chittagonian phrasebook
Chittagonian (চিটাইঙ্গা / চাটগাঁইয়া ৱাশা) or Chittagonian Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly by the people of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar districts of Bangladesh. It is also spoken in Rangamati, Bandarban & Khagrachhari by some migrated people from Chittagong district. It is not inherently intelligible to other Bangla dialects and it has its own grammar, phonology and vocabulary. It is commonly classified as a Bengali dialect but some also consider it to be a separate language. It is estimated to have 14 million speakers, United States and other countries. According to the status of Top 100 Languages by Population by Ethnologue, Chittagonian ranked 75th of the world.
Grammar), and some variation in word order. Like related languages of the eastern subcontinent, Chittagonian is a head-final language, with a subject–object–verb basic word order.
Phrase listIs there someone here who speaks English?
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