Yangbye also known as Ramree, is the main dialect spoken in Southern Arakan

Rakhine State

Rakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...

, especially in Ramree Island

Ramree Island

Ramree Island is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. The area of the island is about 1350 km². The Battle of Ramree Island took place here for six weeks during January and February 1945, as part of the British Fourteenth Army 1944/45 offensive on the Southern Front of the Burma...

 region, Arakan State in Burma (Myanmar), and the Awagyun Island and southern coastal regions in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. The population of Yangbye language speaking people inside Burma is 810,000 in 1983; and 1,143,000 in 2010. Yangbye language is also widely spoken along the South Arakan coast, including the western areas of the Irrawaddy Division, Burma. The language is recognized by ISO under the code name "ybd".