Ramree dialect

{{Short description|Rakhine dialect of Burma}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Ramree

| nativename = Yangbye

| pronunciation = {{IPA|my|jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá|}}

| states = Rakhine State

| region = Ramree Island, South Arakan Coast, Irrawaddy Division, Bangladesh

| speakers = 810,000

| date = 1983

| ref = {{e16|ybd|Yangbye}}

| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan

| fam2 = (Tibeto-Burman)

| fam3 = Lolo–Burmese

| fam4 = Burmish

| fam5 = Burmic

| fam6 = Burmese

| fam7 = Rakhine language

| iso3 = ybd

| iso3comment = retired and subsumed into {{code|rki}}{{Cite web |title=Glottolog 4.7 - Yangbye |url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/yang1301 |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=glottolog.org}}

| isoexception = dialect

| glotto = spurious

| glotto2 = yang1301

| glottorefname2 = Yangbye

}}

Ramree ({{langx|my|ရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား}}, {{IPA|my|jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá}}, also spelt Yanbye or Ranbre) is the main dialect of the Rakhine language spoken in southern Rakhine State of Burma (Myanmar), especially in the areas surrounding Ramree Island, the Awagyun Island and southern coastal regions in Bangladesh. Ramree language is also widely spoken along the western coastline of Irrawaddy Division.{{cite web|url= http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesasiesudest/6.htm |title= Yangbye language Map|accessdate=22 July 2010}}