Chittagonian

English

Etymology

From Chittagong +‎ -ian.

Proper noun

Chittagonian

1. A language spoken in the Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District of south-eastern Bangladesh as well as neighbouring areas in India and Myanmar, often treated as a dialect of Bengali.

   Synonym: Chittagonian Bengali

Translations

Chittagonian language

• Bengali: চাটগাঁইয়া (caṭgãiẏa), চিটাগাইঙ্গা (ciṭagaiṅga)/চিটাইঙ্গা (ciṭaiṅga) (informal)
• Finnish: chittagong
• French: chittagonien (fr)
• Pashto: چاټګامي (čāṭgāmí)
• Persian: چاتگامی (čâtgâmi)
• Sanskrit: चट्टग्रामीय (caṭṭagrāmīya)
• Urdu: چاٹگامی

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chittagonian terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Chittagonian, ctg ⁠