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==History== |
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The Chaks entered the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] in the 14th century after their kingdom was overrun by the [[Arakanese people|Arakanese]]. Still there are Chaks living in [[Rakhine State|Arakan]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Saradindu Shekhar Chakma |year=2006 |title=Ethnic Cleansing in Chittagong Hill Tracts |location=Dhaka |publisher=Ankur Prakashani |page=38 |oclc=762756954}}</ref> |
By the mid-13th century, the Saks had diverged from the [[Kadu people]], who now reside in northwestern Myanmar's [[Sagaing Region]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Ping |first=He |date=2006 |title=Rise and fall of Kantu: A historical study of an ancient Tibeto-Burmese speaking group |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/fhic/1/4/article-p535_3.xml |journal=Frontiers of History in China |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=535–543 |doi=10.1007/s11462-006-0018-9 |issn=1673-3401}}</ref> The Chaks entered the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] in the 14th century after their kingdom was overrun by the [[Arakanese people|Arakanese]]. Still there are Chaks living in [[Rakhine State|Arakan]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Saradindu Shekhar Chakma |year=2006 |title=Ethnic Cleansing in Chittagong Hill Tracts |location=Dhaka |publisher=Ankur Prakashani |page=38 |oclc=762756954}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,077[1] (2022) | |
| Languages | |
| Sak language[2] | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kadu |
The Chaks (Burmese: သက်, Bengali: চাক), are a community inhabiting the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and also in Burma.
History
By the mid-13th century, the Saks had diverged from the Kadu people, who now reside in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing Region.[3] The Chaks entered the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the 14th century after their kingdom was overrun by the Arakanese. Still there are Chaks living in Arakan.[4]
References
- ^ "Table 1.4 Ethnic Population by Group and Sex" (PDF) (in Bengali). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2021. p. 33.
- ^ Ethnologue
- ^ Ping, He (2006). "Rise and fall of Kantu: A historical study of an ancient Tibeto-Burmese speaking group". Frontiers of History in China. 1 (4): 535–543. doi:10.1007/s11462-006-0018-9. ISSN 1673-3401.
- ^ Saradindu Shekhar Chakma (2006). Ethnic Cleansing in Chittagong Hill Tracts. Dhaka: Ankur Prakashani. p. 38. OCLC 762756954.