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Roglai language

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Roglai
RegionVietnam
Native speakers
(97,000 cited 1999–2002)[1]
Austronesian
Latin (modified Vietnamese alphabet)
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.

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

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

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
aspirated
breathy ɟʱ ɡʱ
implosive ɓ ɗ ʄ
Fricative s h
Rhotic r
Approximant (w) l (j)

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Mid e ə ə̃ o õ
Open a ã
  • Sounds /e, o/ may also have more open variants as [ɛ, ɔ].[3]
  • Glide sounds [j, w] may also occur as a result of vowel off-glides.[4]

Vocabulary

Mainland Chamic, Aceh and Malay comparative table:

Lexeme Proto-Chamic Western Cham Eastern Cham Roglai Aceh Malay
one *sa /sa ha/ /tha/ /sa/ sa satu
seven *tujuh /taçuh/ /taçŭh/ /tijuh/ tujôh tujuh
fire *ʔapuy /pui/ /apuy/ /apui/ apui api
sky *laŋit /laŋiʔ/ /laŋiʔ/ Lingik /laŋĩ꞉ʔ/ langèt langit
rice (husked) *bra꞉s /prah/ /prah-l/ /bra/ breueh beras
iron *bisεy /pasay/ /pithăy/ /pisǝy/ beusoe besi
sugarcane *tabɔw-v /tapau/ /tapăw/ /tubəu/ teubèe tebu

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.
  3. ^ Lee, Ernest Wilson (1966). Structure of Northern Roglai as a representative Chamic language. In Proto-Chamic Phonologic Word and Vocabulary: Bloomington: Indiana University. pp. 21–69.
  4. ^ Brunelle, Marc; Brown, Jeanne; Thu Hà, Phạm Thị (2022). Northern Raglai voicing and its relation to Southern Raglai register: evidence for early stages of registrogenesis. In Phonetica 79, Vol 2. pp. 151–188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)