Chittagonian peoples

The Chittagonian peoples are groups of Bengali ethnocultural group native to the Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District of Bangladesh. Chittagonian peoples also speak Bengali and tribal languages of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

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

Ethnicity in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (2022)

  Bengali (Chittagonian) (50.06%)

  Chakma (24.68%)

  Marma (11.38%)

  Tripuri (7.23%)

  Mro (2.8%)

  Tanchangya (2.33%)

  Bom (0.67%)

  Khyang (0.23%)

  Khumi (0.18%)

  Chak (0.15%)

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