Cham language is the language of the Tam , a people living in Southeast Asia. It belongs to the Chama group of the Malay-Polynesian subfamily of the Austronesian language family. The number of carriers is about 395,000, of which about 290,000 are in Cambodia and about 100,000 in Vietnam . Some carriers are also available in Thailand and Malaysia . Often there are 2 dialects (or separate languages): western (in Cambodia) and eastern (in Vietnam).
| Cham language | |
|---|---|
| Country | Cambodia , Vietnam |
| Total number of speakers | about 395,000 [1] [2] |
| Classification | |
Austronesian family
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| Writing | Arabic alphabet (Cambodia); Cham script (Vietnam) |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | cja (western), cjm (eastern) |
| Glottolog | |
In Russia, Natalia Aliyeva, an employee of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, studied the Cham language [3] [4] .
To write Cham language, Cham script , Arabic and Latin alphabets are used [1] . Latin alphabet for Cham language: A a, ă, B b, Bh bh, Ƀ ƀ, Ch ch, Chh chh, D d, Dh dh, Dj dj, Đ đ, E e, ĕ, ê, G g, Gh gh , H h, I i, ĭ, J j, Jh jh, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Nh nh, O o, ŏ, ô, ơ, P p, Ph ph , R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, ŭ, ư, W w, Y y [5] .
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- ↑ 1 2 Ethnologue, cja
- ↑ Ethnologue, cjm
- ↑ N.F. Aliyev, Bui Khan Tkhe. Cham language. Oral dialects of the eastern dialect. Series: Orientalia. St. Petersburg: Petersburg Oriental Studies, 1999 ISBN 5-85803-082-3
- ↑ N.F. Aliyev. Cham language and the problem of the Indochinese language union. - Regional and historical adaptation of cultures in Southeast Asia - M., 1982, p. 3-22. The same in English Asian & African Studies. V.20, 1984, p. 14-22. The same in Malay. - Jurnal Dewan Bahasa (Kuala Lumpur), 1994.v. 38,7, p. 626-638
- ↑ Cham Reading Primer Teachers Guide. Saigon, 1974