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Arakanese

Arakanese

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The language spoken by many people in Rakhine State, Myanmar
  • noun
: arakanés
  • Many people in western Myanmar speak Arakanese as their first language.

Examples

  • The documentary featured songs and stories in Arakanese from the Rakhine region.

  • She is studying Arakanese to better understand the culture of Rakhine State.

  • I am learning Arakanese to communicate with my friends.

  • The Arakanese language has unique phonetic features.

  • Many people in western Myanmar speak Arakanese as their first language.

  • The documentary featured songs and stories in Arakanese from the Rakhine region.

  • She is studying Arakanese to better understand the culture of Rakhine State.

Surface Forms

Arakanese singular
Arakanese plural

Morphology

Arakanese = Arakan (transparent) = Arakan + ese

The name of the language is a direct derivation from the place name with the productive language/demonym suffix '-ese'.

Etymology

Arakanese combines Arakan, the older name for Rakhine State in Myanmar, with -ese, an ending that means 'relating to' a place, just like in Chinese or Japanese. So Arakanese is the name of the language spoken by people from Arakan, commonly called Rakhine.