Chak people explained

Group:	Chak
Population:	3,077
Total Ref:	^[1]
Total Year:	2022
Langs:	Sak language^[2]
Rels:	Theravada Buddhism
Related Groups:	Kadu

The Chaks (Burmese: သက်, Bengali: চাক), are a community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and also in Burma.

History

By the mid-13th century, the Saks had diverged from the Kadu people, who now reside in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing Region.^[3] The Chaks entered the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the 14th century after their kingdom was overrun by the Arakanese. Despite this, there are still Chaks living in Arakan.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex. 2021. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 33. bn.
2. https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/ckh/ Ethnologue
3. Ping . He . 2006 . Rise and fall of Kantu: A historical study of an ancient Tibeto-Burmese speaking group . Frontiers of History in China . 1 . 4 . 535–543 . 10.1007/s11462-006-0018-9 . 1673-3401.
4. Book: Saradindu Shekhar Chakma . 2006 . Ethnic Cleansing in Chittagong Hill Tracts . Dhaka . Ankur Prakashani . 38 . 762756954.