Hasshobazaijja

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The dictionary is of the language of the natives of the far-southern Bengal, more specifically, the southernmost of modern-day Bangladesh. The speakers of the Hasshobazaijja language are the natives of the region north to Chakaria as far as Lohagara, east to the borders of Lama and Naikkhongchari, west to Kutubdia and Maheshkhali and south to north of Arakan (Burma). It shall be cleared that the name Hasshobazaijja is rather new, used solely to denote the language instead of mixing it with the languages of the neighboring regions — Sitainga and Rohaingga (Rohai). Historically and even now, the language is referred to as 'ansolik' which means ancholik in Bangla and literally 'regional' in English, or just 'Bangla' by the common people who don't seem to be bothered with the distinctions. It is undoubtedly true that the three languages are pretty close to each other, but it is also true that if you were speaking one of the languages in its truest form in the region of the other two languages, you are sure to get into problems, raised eyebrows and some laughs held under the throat. To get a clear insight, get this: a Hasshobazaijja will understand 65% of the Sitainga language and 65% of the Rohaingga language thanks to them being the bro in the middle. On the other hand, a Sitainga will understand 65% of the Hasshobazaijja language but only 35% of the Rohaingga language at most. Same for the Rohingyas — they will understand 65% of the Hasshobazaijja language but only 35% of the Sitainga language. Factors such as too much distance and comparatively much contact to outsiders (bhoinggas) play a good part here. But a number of people are bound to their thought of Hasshobazaijja and Sitainga being the same or being different dialects of the same language, whereas other people like me count the two languages as separate. For now, there is no single answer to the question of "Are they same or different?" On the other hand, some people think that Hasshobazaijja is a dialect of…