Roglai language

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Roglai
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

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
aspirated
breathy 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 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/sa ha//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

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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.
  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. In Phonetica 79, Vol 2. pp. 151–188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)