Arakanese
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- Narinjara News (NN) was founded by a group of Arakanese in exile in Bangladesh from Burma in 2001, seeking to voice the people deprived of human and democratic rights and to pave the way for those who are struggling for those rights.
Examples
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Unlike with the Rohingya, the government is not restricting the movements of ethnic Arakanese.
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Many Arakanese live in Rakhine State, where they are recognized for their unique customs.
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"Now Arakanese have stopped fighting, but Muslims have continued with their provocations."
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According to Arakanese, the Muslims are still able to attack them with their homemade weapons in Minbya and Mrauk-U Townships, as the authorities have yet to seize weapons from them.
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A school teacher from Pan Myaung also said it is now difficult for Arakanese to travel to Minbya by boat, as the Muslims living in the villages on the riverbank attack the boats with slingshots and arrows as well.
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The Arakanese people have a rich cultural history that influences their traditions and festivals.
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The Arakanese often celebrate their traditional festivals with music, dance, and local cuisine.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Arakanese = Arakan (transparent) = Arakan + ese
Standard demonym formation from 'Arakan' using '-ese', so the referent (person or people) is directly derived.
Etymology
Arakanese is built from Arakan, the older name for Rakhine in Myanmar, and the ending -ese, meaning 'from' a place, as in Japanese or Portuguese. So an Arakanese is a person who comes from Arakan, the region also known as Rakhine.