Chakma

English

Alternative forms

Changma

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Chak‧ma
(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑːkmə/

Noun

Chakma (plural Chakmas or Chakma)

A member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India.

Proper noun

Chakma

Their Indo-European language and abugida. Medieval Chakma was a Tibeto-Burman Brahmaputran tongue but has undergone language shift since then.

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Chakma terms
Ethnologue entry for Chakma, ccp

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