My Rohingya people
Who we are, how we write, and how you can help
Our language, our script, our history and the Rohingya projects I work on, with sources you can check.
𐴀 𐴁 𐴂 𐴃 𐴄 𐴅 𐴆 𐴇
Hanifi Rohingya, written right to left.
The facts
The world’s largest stateless population
The Rohingya are an ethnic minority from Rakhine State (Arakan) who have been denied citizenship in Myanmar.
More than a million refugees in Bangladesh
Most live in the camps of Cox’s Bazar, one of the largest refugee settlements in the world.
Learning without formal schools
Rohingya children in the camps study in community learning centres rather than formal schools.
Our language and scripts
Language
Rohingya
An Indo-Aryan language spoken by Rohingya communities around the world.
Script
Hanifi Rohingya
Developed in the 1980s under Mohammad Hanif. Written right to left with joined letters, and part of Unicode since version 11.0 (2018).
Also used
Rohingyalish & Arabic script
Rohingyalish writes Rohingya with Latin letters; Rohingya has also been written with an Arabic-based alphabet.
My Rohingya projects
YouTube · Created by me
Rohingya Quran
A Rohingya-language video series that I author and share with the community.
Rohingya Learning Center
Free lessons for every learner
Rohingya language, English, computer and STEM courses, with progress saved to your account.
Advocacy
Speaking for education access
Panels and talks for refugee and first-generation students.
How you can help
Share the lessons
Send the reading page to a teacher, a family or a community group.
Record letter audio
Native Rohingya speakers can help learners hear real voices. Get in touch to volunteer.
Support Rohingya education
Learn about the response and support organizations working in the camps.