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]