High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rohingya is a language spoken by the Rohingya people of Arakan (Rakhine), Burma (Myanmar). It is closely related to the Chittagonian language spoken in the neighboring southeastern Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It also has a large number of Urdu, Persian, Hindi, Arabic, Burmese and English loanwords. Various writing systems are used, including Arabic, Urdu, Hanifi-Script and Burmese, and the newer Rohingyalish, based on the Roman alphabet. Written in Arabic script, the first Rohingya language texts are more than 300 years old. While Arakan was under British rule (1826 1948), the Rohingya people used mainly English and Urdu for written communication. Since independence in 1948, Burmese has been used in all official communications.