Ramree dialect explained

Ramree
Nativename:Yangbye
Pronunciation:in Burmese pronounced as /jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá/
Speakers:810,000
Date:1983
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Burmish
Fam5:Burmic
Fam6:Burmese
Fam7:Rakhine language
Iso3:ybd
Iso3comment:retired and subsumed into [1]
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:spurious
Glotto2:yang1301
Glottorefname2:Yangbye

Ramree (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား, in Burmese pronounced as /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.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glottolog 4.7 - Yangbye . 2022-12-25 . glottolog.org.
  2. Web site: Yangbye language Map. 22 July 2010.