Chittagonian peoples

The Chittagonian people are an ethnic group and native aborigines living in the Chittagong division including Chittagong Hill Tracts. In their overall complexion and facial features these people show a great degree of variations. It is considered that Chittagonians show a great degree of Arabian features.

Chittagongian people speak the Chittagongian language, which is an Indo-Aryan language of Assamese-Bengali group. It is considered a separate language though it is tagged as a dialect of Bengali by the Bangladeshi government though they are not mutually intelligible.

They live in the Chittagong division of south-eastern Bangladesh. They are predominantly Sunni Muslim of Hanafi Sect, but there are sizeable population of Hindus, Buddhist and Christians.