Roglai language

Roglai
Native to Vietnam
Native speakers
97,000 (1999–2002)[1]
Official status
Official language in
Vietnam
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
roc  Cacgia
rog  Northern
rgs  Southern
Glottolog cacg1235  (Cacgia Roglai)[2]
nort2994  (Northern Roglai)[3]
sout3010  (Southern Roglai)[4]

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

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. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Cacgia Roglai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Northern Roglai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Southern Roglai". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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