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The Chakma language (Changma Vaj / Changma Kodha) is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language closely related to Bengali and spoken by about 600,000 people in parts of Bangladesh and India. About half the Chakma speakers live near Chittagong in southeast Bangladesh, while the rest can be found in the states of Mizoram, Assam, and Tripura in northeast India.

Chakma is written with an alphabet known as Chakma, Ajhฤ pฤแนญh or Ojhopath. It developed from the Brahmi script of ancient India.

Notable features

  • Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet / abugida
  • Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
  • Used to write: Chakma (Changma Vaj / Changma Kodha)

Vowels and vowel diacritics

Chakma vowels and vowel diacritics

Consonants

Chakma consonants

Numerals

Chakma numerals

Sample texts in Chakma

Sample text in Chakma

A Bengali version of this text

A Bengali version of the sample text in Chakma

Translation

These are our words, shaped
By our hands, our tools,
Our history. Lose them,
And we lose ourselves.

Article 1 of UDHR in the Chakma alphabet

๐‘„๐‘„ฌ๐‘„‰๐‘„ด ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„š๐‘„ช๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ด๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ช๐‘„š๐‘„ด ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ด๐‘„ค๐‘„™๐‘„ฉ๐‘„š๐‘„ด ๐‘„‰๐‘„ง๐‘„ข๐‘„จ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ฌ๐‘„‡๐‘„ด๐‘„‡๐‘„ง๐‘„ƒ๐‘„จ ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ง๐‘„ข๐‘„ด๐‘„ก๐‘„˜ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ข๐‘„ด ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ง๐‘„™๐‘„จ๐‘„‡๐‘„ข๐‘„ด ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ง๐‘„š๐‘„ฌ ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ฐ ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ง๐‘„š๐‘„ด๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ง ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ง๐‘„š๐‘„ด๐‘… ๐‘„–๐‘„ข๐‘„ข๐‘„ด ๐‘„๐‘„จ๐‘„๐‘„ฌ๐‘„‡๐‘„ด ๐‘„๐‘„ช๐‘„˜๐‘„ด๐‘„™๐‘„จ ๐‘„๐‘„ฌ๐‘„‡๐‘„ด๐‘„‡๐‘„š๐‘„จ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„‰๐‘„ฌ, ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ฌ๐‘„š๐‘„ง๐‘„–๐‘„ด๐‘„–๐‘„ฌ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ข๐‘„ด ๐‘„๐‘„ฌ๐‘„‡๐‘„ด๐‘„‡๐‘„ช๐‘„š๐‘„ฌ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ด๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ฌ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„จ ๐‘„˜๐‘„ฎ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ด ๐‘„Œ๐‘„จ๐‘„–๐‘„ด๐‘„–๐‘„ง๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ฐ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ง๐‘„๐‘„›๐‘„ง๐‘„ข๐‘„• ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ช๐‘„Œ๐‘„จ๐‘„–๐‘„ด๐‘…

Article 1 of UDHR in the Bengali alphabet

เฆฌเง‡เฆ— เฆฎเฆพเฆจเงเฆทเฆธเงเฆจ เฆธเงเฆฌเฆพเฆงเง€เฆจเฆ—เฆฐเฆฟ เฆเฆ•เงเฆ•เฆ‡ เฆฎเฆฐเงเฆฏเฆพเฆฆเฆพ เฆ†เฆฐ เฆ…เฆงเฆฟเฆ•เฆพเฆฐ เฆฒเฆจเง‡ เฆฒเฆ‡ เฆœเฆจเงเฆฎ เฆ…เฆจเฅค เฆคเฆพเฆฐเฆพเฆฐ เฆฌเฆฟเฆฌเง‡เฆ• เฆฌเงเฆฆเงเฆงเฆฟ เฆฌเง‡เฆ•เงเฆ•เฆพเฆจเฆฟ เฆ†เฆ—เง‡เฅค เฆธเง‡เฆจเฆคเงเฆคเง‡ เฆ†เฆฎเฆพเฆฐ เฆฌเง‡เฆ•เงเฆ•เงเฆจเง‡เฆฒเงเฆฒเง‡เฆ‡ เฆฆเง‹เฆฒ เฆšเฆฟเฆคเงเฆคเฆฒเฆ‡ เฆธเฆ‚เฆชเฆฐเฆพเฆจเฆพ เฆ‰เฆšเฆฟเงŽเฅค

Transliteration

Beg manussun sadingori ekkei morjada ar odhikar lone loi jonmo on. Tarar bibek buddi bekkani age. Senotte bekkunelei dol sittoloi songoporana usit.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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