Roglai language

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

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

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

Phonology

Current distribution of Chams, Roglai and Chru speakers in Vietnam.

Consonants

Vowels

  • Sounds /e, o/ may also have more open variants as [ɛ, ɔ].
  • Glide sounds [j, w] may also occur as a result of vowel off-glides.

Vocabulary

Mainland Chamic, Aceh and Malay comparative table:

References


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