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Roglai language

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

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

Cobbey & Cobbey (1977) gives four Roglai dialects: Northern, Du Long, Southern, and Cac Gia.

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)

Works cited

  • Cobbey, Maxwell; Cobbey, Vurnell (1977). Suraq vungã sanãp Radlai / Nữ-vựng Rơglai / Northern Roglai vocabulary. Huntington Beach, CA: Summer Institute of Linguistics.