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
ELP

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".

Swadesh list

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.


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