Rade (Rhade; Rade: ; or ) is an

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language of southern

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. There may be some speakers in Cambodia. It is a member of the Chamic subgroup, and is closely related to the Cham language of central Vietnam.

Dialects

Đoàn Văn Phúc (1998:24) lists nine dialects of Rade. They are spoken mostly in Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. *Kpă: spoken throughout

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*Krung: spoken in Ea H'leo and Krông Năng; some Krung also live among the Jarai in Gia Lai Province *Adham: spoken in Krông Buk, Krông Năng, and Ea H'leo *Ktul: spoken in Krông Bông and the southern part of Krông Pắk *Drao (Kơdrao): spoken in M'Đrăk (in the townships of Krông Jing, Cư M'Ta, and Ea Trang) *Blô: spoken in M'Đrăk (small population) *Êpan: spoken in M'Đrăk (small population) *Mdhur: spoken in Ea Kar and M'Đrăk; also in Gia Lai Province and Phu Yen Province *Bih: spoken in Krông Ana and in the southern part of

Bih, which has about 1,000 speakers, may be a separate language. Tam Nguyen (2015) reported that there are only 10 speakers of Bih out of an ethnic population of about 400 people. A patrilineal Rade subgroup known as the Hmok or Hmok Pai is found in the

area (Phạm 2005:212).

Classification

Đoàn Văn Phúc (1998:23) provides the following classification for the Rade dialects. Đoàn (1998) also provides a 1,000-word vocabulary list for all of the nine Rade dialects. *Area 1 **''Area 1.1'': Krung, Kpă, Adham **''Area 1.2'': Drao. Êpan, Ktul **Blô (mixture of areas 1.1 and 1.2, as well as Mdhur) *Area 2 **Mdhur **Bih Đoàn Văn Phúc (1998:23) assigns the following cognacy percentages for comparisons between Kpă and the other eight dialects of Rade, with Bih as the most divergent dialect. *Kpă – Krung: 85.5% *Kpă – Adham: 82% *Kpă – Ktul: 82% *Kpă – Mdhur: 80% *Kpă – Blô: 82% *Kpă – Êpan: 85% *Kpă – Drao: 81% *Kpă – Bih: 73%

Vocabulary

* – the most senior in age and authority * – Protestant of Christian (single word identity of E-de) * – you * – husband * – her/him * – they * – we * – love * – hate * – younger sibling * – mom/mother * – grandma/grandmother * – grandma/grandfather * – father, dad daddy * – ugly, bad * – pretty * – beautiful girl * – good * – love * – give * – true * – go * – I/me * – name * – country * – want/like * – God * – speak * – language * – rice porridge * – fat * – skinny * – black * – to be from * – from *, , , , – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 *, , , , : 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 * – America * – Cambodia * – person * – learn * – sound of displeasure/pain * – * – type/write * – English * – Rade/Ede * – A lot * – French

Phonology

The spelling is shown in italics.

Vowels

* Vowels can also be heard as more centralized-back .

Consonants

* can also be heard as a more bilabial . * Glottalized final consonant sounds are heard only in final position.

References

External links

Alphabet and pronunciation
* ELAR archive o
Documenting Bih
* {{Austronesian languages Chamic languages Languages of Vietnam