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verification. (June 2016) |
Total population | |
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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.
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. Despite this, there are still Chaks living in Arakan. [4]