{{Short description|Indigenous language of Bangladesh}}{{self-published|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox language |name=Tanchangya |nativename=𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡 |image=Shukla Tanchangya.svg |imagecaption='Tanchangya' in Tanchangya/Chakma script |states=Bangladesh |region=Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh)<br />Mizoram and Tripura (India)<br />Rakhine State (Myanmar) |pronunciation={{nowrap|{{IPA|tnv|tɔn.t͡ʃɔŋ.ɡja|}}}} |ethnicity=Tanchangya |speakers=46,000 |date=2022 |ref=e27 |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=Indo-Iranian |fam3=Indo-Aryan |fam4=Eastern |fam5=Bengali–Assamese |script= Tanchangya alphabet |iso3=tnv |glotto=tang1330 |glottorefname=Tangchangya |notice=IPA }} {{Contains special characters|Indic}}
The '''Tanchangya language''' is one of the eleven indigenous languages spoken in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Mizoram, Tripura, and Rakhine State. Despite the common belief that it is a Tibeto-Burman language, it is categorized as a Indo-Aryan language.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ethnographic Study of Tanchangya of CHT, CADC, Sittwe, and South Tripura |last=Debnath |first=Rupak |date=2008 |publisher=Kreativmind, India |location=Kolkata |page=167}}</ref> It is closely related to Chakma and Chittagonian. It is primarily spoken by the Tanchangyas people.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ethnographic Study of Tanchangya of CHT, CADC, Sittwe, and South Tripura |last=Debnath |first=Rupak |date=2008 |publisher=Kreativmind, India |location=Kolkata |page=71}}</ref>
==Vocabulary== Tanchangya has many words from Indo-Aryan languages. It also maintains some Burmanised words, particularly in Buddhist terminologies.
=== Ancient Tanchangya === The original words of Tanchangya are believed to be from ancient Tanchangya.<ref name=mat-2000-62-65>Roti Kanta Tanchangya (2000): 62-65</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Tanchangya ! English |- | Awga (অগা) | Uneducated, uncivilised |- |Awnsur (অন্সুর্) | Regularly, always |- |Awnawpinaw (অন-পিন); Awnaw-sawnaw (অন- সনঅ) | Insane, foolish |- | Awrawk (অরক্) | Nest |- | Hawla (হলা) | Fry, thick shrub bushes |- | Awsangya (অসাঙ্যা); Besangya (বেসাঙ্যা) | An unmarriageable relation |- | A-uk/Aruk (আ-উক্, আরুক্) | Picture; Sketch |}
===Tibeto-Burman=== Although it does not belong to the Tibeto-Burman language family, many Buddhist terms can be found in Tanchangya.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ethnographic Study of Tanchangya of CHT, CADC, Sittwe, and South Tripura |last=Debnath |first=Rupak |date=2008 |publisher=Kreativmind, India |location=Kolkata |page=88}}</ref>
===Foreign words===
In Tanchangya, words derived from Arabic, Portuguese, and English can be found.
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Tanchangya ! Arabic/Portuguese ! English |- | Awktaw (অক্ত) | Owakta (Arabic) | Time |- |Gawrba (গর্বা) | Gorba(Arabic) | Guest |- | Gamala/Gabala (গাবালা, গামালা) | Gamela (Portuguese) | Bucket |- | Balti (বাল্তি) | Balde (Portuguese) | Bucket |}
=== Chakma === Outside of the Tanchangya tribe, there is a common belief that there is no difference between Tanchangya and the Chakma language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Analysis of the Ethno-Linguistic Roots and Connections of the Chakma-Tanchangya People |work=Dr Satyakam Phukan's Webpages |access-date=30 July 2019 |date=1 July 2013 |url=https://drsatyakamphukan.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/chakma_tanchangya_origin_analysissml.pdf}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Tanchangya ! Chakma ! English |- | Bitsyawl | Bijol | Smooth |- | Pawd, Jangal | Pawt | Road |- | Awna sawna | Awnaw sawnaw | Half-brain |- | Diri, Bilawng | Dighol | Long time |}
==References==
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==External links== * {{cite web |url=https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tanchangya |title=Tanchangya Wikibook |date=2014}} * {{cite web |url=https://tongchangyaworld.wordpress.com |title=Tongchangya World |date=2018}} * {{cite web |url=https://tongnexusglobe.wordpress.com |title=Tongchangya World : History, Culture, and Literature |date=2017}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/tnv |title=Tanchangya |date=2017}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.utacf.org/ |title=United Tanchangya Academic and Cultural Forum (UTACF) |date=2015 |access-date=2019-08-16 |archive-date=2021-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118002625/https://www.utacf.org/ |url-status=dead}}
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