Roglai language

Roglai
Native to Vietnam
Native speakers
97,000 (1999–2002)[1]
Official status
Official language in
Vietnam
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
roc – Cacgia
rog – Northern
rgs – Southern
Glottolog cacg1235  (Cacgia Roglai)[2]
nort2994  (Northern Roglai)[3]
sout3010  (Southern Roglai)[4]

The Roglai language is a Chamic language of southern Vietnam. There are four dialects (Cobbey 1977):

  1. Northern
  2. Du Long
  3. Southern
  4. Cac Gia

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

References

  1. ↑ Cacgia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Cacgia Roglai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Northern Roglai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Southern Roglai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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