Roglai language

The Roglai language is a Chamic language of southern Vietnam. There are four dialects (Cobbey 1977):

  1. Northern
  2. Du Long
  3. Southern
  4. Cac Gia
Roglai
Native toVietnam
Native speakers
97,000 (1999–2002)[1]
Austronesian
Official status
Official language in
Vietnam
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
roc  Cacgia
rog  Northern
rgs  Southern
Glottologcacg1235  Cacgia Roglai[2]
nort2994  Northern Roglai[3]
sout3010  Southern Roglai[4]

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

References

  1. Cacgia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Cacgia Roglai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Northern Roglai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Roglai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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