The Roglai language is a
Chamic language
The Chamic languages, also known as Aceh–Chamic and Achinese–Chamic, are a group of ten languages spoken in Aceh ( Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan, China. The Chamic languages are a subgroup of M ...
of southern
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, spoken by the
Raglai people
The Raglai () people are a Chams related ethnic group mainly living in Khánh Hòa Province of South Central Coast, and Ninh Thuận Province of South East of Vietnam, with a population around 146,613 in 2019.
The word ''Raglai'' means ''Fores ...
.
There are four Roglai dialects: Northern, Du Long, Southern and Cac Gia.
Their
autonym
Autonym may refer to:
* Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym
* Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name
See also
* Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
is ''radlai'', which means "forest people".
Swadesh list
Mainland Chamic and Malay comparative table:
References
Languages of Vietnam
Chamic languages
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