Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Friday, June 25, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 06252021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Friday, June 25, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · Military Council formed a committee to defend ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case · ILO adopts a resolution for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar · UN: 60 Children killed many others injured since Coup in Myanmar · 650 troops will remain in Afghanistan for the security of diplomats · The Afghan president is now in the United States for a meeting with Biden Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Related item code: 9-P Duration: 10:00 minutes Interviewer: Hamid Hussain (VOA Rohingya Lifeline reporter) Topic: From which language did the Rohingya language originate? Guests: Zahid Alom Founder of Arakan Development Project (ADP) Advisor of Rohingya Language Foundation Based in Norway. Translation Summary: Zahid Alom told VOA Rohingya Lifeline that The Rohingya language is spoken by the Rohingya people and it originated from the Rohingyas but first, we need to find out where the Rohingya came from. Our Rohingya history is related to Indo-Aryan, Hindu, Buddhist, and Muslim. According to history, we spoke Rohingya language 3,000 years before we reached the Arakan region. We have been living in the Arakan region for about 3000 years but at that time Arakan was called Rohan, Roshan, Rohingya and at that time our spoken language was Sanskrit which was used in the Indo-Aryan language and Arakan was not an independent country. After coming to Arakan from the beginning we used to practice Hinduism and the language was a mixture of Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit, which originated from Hindu religion’s Holy Books Vedas and Geeta. After Hinduism, we used to practice Buddhism with the Pali language, after which our language merged with Pali. After the arrival of Islam in Arakan, we embraced Islam and our spoken language was integrated into Arabic and Urdu. Historically, I have learned that the Rohingya language originated 3000 years ago. There are also two dialects spoken in Rohingya, one is the Kaladen dialect which you can call the Arakan dialect , the other is the Mayo-Karen which is the Chittagong’s dialect. Arakan was a region alongside Chittagong and that is why we speak the same language, but the difference is in accent only. We were in the same region and able to cross the border freely at that time and speak the same language until the British Rule in 1937 but after the creation of Pakistan and Myanmar in 1947, we became part of a Burmese speaking country and they became part of Urdu / Bengali speaking country. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the Chittagonian language merged with Bengali, and our Rohingya language remained an authentic mother tongue. Thus, the original Rohingya language is still spoken in the state of Arakan and the Rohingya language has become integrated outside Arakan, Zahid Alom told VOA Rohingya Lifeline During the short interview. Report: VOA News Related item code: 9-P Duration: 5:45 minutes Reporter: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Topic: Inadequate WAS facilities have made camp life difficult. Translation Summary: Since the Rohingyas came to Bangladesh, NGOs and INGOs have helped them in many ways and are still doing so, but the outbreak of Covid-19 has limited all activities. Bashir Ahmed (33) from Camp No. 4 said that if anything was damaged in the camp before, it would have been repaired quickly but now it is a matter of time. If a tube-well is damaged it is not repaired quickly, it takes ten to twelve days to repair. During these times, the Rohingyas suffer unbearably for drinking water. On the other hand, in the past, the trash bins of the camps, t