Roglai language

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Roglai
Sanãp Radlai, Sanaut Radlai
Region Vietnam
Native speakers
(97,000 cited 1999–2002) [1]
Austronesian
Latin (modified Vietnamese alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
roc  – Cacgia
rog  – Northern
rgs  – Southern
Glottolog cacg1235   Cacgia Roglai
nort2994   Northern Roglai
sout3010   Southern Roglai

The Roglai language is a Chamic language of southern Vietnam, spoken by the Raglai people.

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

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

Phonology

Current distribution of Chams, Roglai and Chru speakers in Vietnam. Chamic groups in Vietnam.png
Current distribution of Chams, Roglai and Chru speakers in Vietnam.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
aspirated pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ
breathy bʱ dʱ 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 ẽ ə ə̃ o õ
Open a ã

Vocabulary

Mainland Chamic, Aceh and Malay comparative table:

Lexeme Proto-Chamic Western Cham Eastern Cham Roglai Aceh Malay
one*sa/saha//tha//sa/sasatu
seven*tujuh/taçuh//taçŭh//tijuh/tujôhtujuh
fire*ʔapuy/pui//apuy//apui/apuiapi
sky*laŋit/laŋiʔ//laŋiʔ/ Lingik/laŋĩ꞉ʔ/langètlangit
rice (husked)*bra꞉s/prah//prah-l//bra/breuehberas
iron*bisεy/pasay//pithăy//pisǝy/beusoebesi
sugarcane*tabɔw-v/tapau//tapăw//tubəu/teubèetebu

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  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". Phonetica. 2 (79): 151–188. doi:10.1515/phon-2022-2019.


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