Roglai language

The Roglai language is a Chamic language of southern Vietnam, spoken by the Raglai people.

Roglai
RegionVietnam
Native speakers
97,000 (1999–2002)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
roc  Cacgia
rog  Northern
rgs  Southern
Glottologcacg1235  Cacgia Roglai
nort2994  Northern Roglai
sout3010  Southern Roglai
ELP

There are four Roglai dialects: Northern, Du Long, Southern and Cac Gia.[2]

Their autonym is radlai, which means "forest people".

References

  1. Cacgia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Cobbey, Maxwell; Cobbey, Vurnell (1977). Suraq vungã sanãp Radlai / Nữ-vựng Rơglai / Northern Roglai vocabulary. Huntington Beach, CA: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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