Rohingya language

Phonology

Consonants

• A dental fricative may also be heard in words of Arabic origin.
• is only used in words of foreign origin.
• is heard as when preceding.
• Allophones of can be heard as.

Vowels

• Short allophones of are heard as,. Allophones of are heard as.

Tones

Grammar

Definite articles

Indefinite articles

Word order

1. Aijja Januari 24 tarík ót, cón 2017 beínna 4 gwá báze 15 miníth 5 sekén ót.

1. Hailla Januari 30 tarík ót, cón 2017 ázinna 5 swá báze 25 minith 7 sekén ót.

1. Goto hailla Oktubor 10 tarík ót, cón 2018 rait or 10 cwá báze 35 miníth 50 sekén ot.

Tenses

Pronouns

Interrogative

Inflection for person

Case

Morphology

1. lek =write Tui yián ehón lek. You write this right now.
2. lek-ó =write Tuñí yián ehón lekó. You write this right now.
3. lek-á =cause to write Tui/Tuñí John ór áta leká/lekó. You ask John to write.
4. lek-í-de =help to write Tui/Tuñí ibáre lekíde/lekído. You help John in writing.

1. lek-í =write Aññí hámicá gór ot lekí. I always write at home.
2. lek-ó =write Tuñí hámicá gór ot lekó. You always write at home.
3. lek-ó-s =write Tui hámicá gór ot lekós. You always write at home.
4. lek-é =write Tará hámicá gór ot leké. They always write at home.

1. lek-í-r =writing Aññí ciñçí ekkán lekír. I am writing a letter now.
2. lek-ó-or =writing Tuñí/Tui ciñçí ekkán lekóor. You are writing a letter now.
3. lek-é-r =writing Tará ciñçí ekkán lekér. They are writing a letter now.

1. lek-í-féla-iyi =have written Aññí ciñçí lekífélaiyi. I have written a letter.
2. lek-í-féla-iyo =have written Tuñí ciñçí lekífélaiyo. You have written a letter.
3. lek-í-féla-iyo-s =have written Tui ciñçí lekífélaiyos. You have written a letter.
4. lek-í-féla-iye =has/have written Tará ciñçí lekífélaiye. They have written a letter.

1. leik-kí =wrote Aññí ciñçí ekkán leikkí. I wrote a letter.
2. leik-kó =wrote Tuñí ciñçí ekkán leikkó. You wrote a letter.
3. leik-kó-s =wrote Tui ciñçí ekkán leikkós. You wrote a letter.
4. leik-ké =wrote Tará ciñçí ekkán leikké. They wrote a letter.

1. lek-í-youm =will write Aññí ciñçí ekkán lekíyoum. I will write a letter.
2. lek-í-ba =will write Tuñí ciñçí ekkán lekíba. You will write a letter.
3. lek-í-bi =will write Tui ciñçí ekkán lekkíbi. You will write a letter.
4. lek-í-bou =will write Tará ciñçí ekkán lekíbou. They will write a letter.

1. leik-kyóum =will write Aññí ciñçí ekkán leikkyóum. I will write a letter.
2. leik-bá =will write Tuñí ciñçí ekkán leikbá. You will write a letter.
3. leik-bí =will write Tui ciñçí ekkán leikbí. You will write a letter.
4. leik-bóu =will write Tará ciñçí ekkán leikbóu. They will write a letter.

1. lek-á-giye = Ciñçí ekkán lekágiyé. A letter is/was written.

1. lek-á-za =being writable Ciñçí yián leká za. This letter is writable.
2. lek-á-za-ibou =being writable in future This letter will be writable.
3. lek-á-di-ya-za =can be made writable Ciñçí yián lekádiyaza. This letter can be made writable.

1. lek-á =writing Leká yián bicí cúndor. This writing is very beautiful.
2. lek-ó-on =act of writing Email beggún óttu lekóon saá. All should write emails.
3. lek-ó-ya =person who writes Ahmed bála lekóya. Ahmed is a good writer.
4. lek-ó-ni =thing used to write Añártu honó lekóni ciz nái. I do not have anything to write with.
5. lek-á-ni =tool used to write Añártu honó lekáni boudh nái. I do not have any writing board.
6. lek-á-lekí =activities to write Tuáñrár bútore lekáleki tákoon saá. There should be writing between you.

1. lek-é-de =thing used for writing Añártu honó lekéde ciz nái. I do not have any writable thing.
2. leik-kyá =of written Kitab ibá fura leikká. This book is fully written.
3. leik-kyé-dé=of that written Añártu honó leikkyéde juab nái. I do not have any written answer.

1. lek-í lek-í =by writing & writing/while writing Ite gór ottu lekí lekí aiyér. He is coming from home while writing.

1. lek-í-lam =acted to write Aññí habos sán lekílam. I write the letter.
2. lek-í-la =acted to write Tuñí habos sán lekíla. You write the letter.
3. lek-í-li =acted to write Tui habos sán lekíli. You write the letter.
4. lek-í-lou =acted to write Tará habos sán lekílou. They write the letter.

1. leik-lám =acted to write Aññí habos sán lekílam. I write the letter.
2. leik-lá =acted to write Tuñí habos sán lekíla. You write the letter.
3. leik-lí =acted to write Tui habos sán lekíli. You write the letter.
4. leik-lou =acted to write Tará habos sán lekílou. They write the letter.

1. leik-kí-lam =had written Aññí habos sán leikkílam. I had written this paper long ago.
2. leik-kí-la =had written Tuñí habos sán leikkíla. You had written this paper long ago.
3. leik-kí-li =had written Tui habos sán leikkíli. You had written this paper long ago.
4. leik-kí-l =had written Tará habos sán leikkíl. They had written this paper long ago.

1. lek-í-youm éri =will write later Aññí habos sán lekíyoum éri. I will write the paper sometime later.
2. lek-í-ba ri =will write later Tuñí habos sán lekíba ri. You will write the paper sometime later.
3. lek-í-bi ri =will write later Tui habos sán lekíbi ri. You write the paper sometime later.
4. lek-í-bou ri =will write later Tará habos sán lekíbou ri. They will write the paper sometime later.

1. lek-í-tam =would have written Aññí email lán lekítam. I would have written the email.
2. lek-í-ta =would have written Tuñí email lán lekíta i. You would have written the email.
3. lek-í-ti =would have written Tui email lán lekíti. You would have written the email.
4. lek-í-tou =would have written Tará email lán lekítou. They would have written the email.

1. leik-tám =would have written Aññí email lán leiktám. I would have written the email.
2. leik-tá =would have written Tuñí email lán leiktá. You would have written the email.
3. leik-tí =would have written Tui email lán leiktí. You would have written the email.
4. leik-tóu =would have written Tará email lán leiktóu. They would have written the email.

1. lek-ó-na =please write Meérbanigorí lekóna. Please write the letter.
2. lek-ó-goi =allowed to write Tuñí lekó gói. Let you write.

1. lek-se-ná =please write Meérbanigorí leksená. Please write the letter.
2. lek-gói =allowed to write Tui lek gói. Let you write.

1. lek-í-le =if person write Tuñí lekíle gom óibou. It will be good if you write.

Writing systems

Rohingya Hanifi script

Rohingya Arabic script

Rohingya Latin script

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