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| Chamic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, China (Hainan Island), various countries with recent immigrants) |
| Genetic classification: |
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP Sunda-Sulawesi Malayic Achinese-Chamic Chamic |
| Subdivisions: |
Northern
Southern
|
| ISO 639-2: | cmc |
The Chamic languages are a group of ten languages spoken in parts of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Hainan, classified as Malayic languages in the Sunda-Sulawesi group of the Austronesian language family.
Jarai and Cham (including Western and Eastern) are the most widely spoken out of the nine, with about 230,000 and 280,000 speakers respectively. Tsat is one of the least spoken with more or less 3,000 speakers.
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Languages
The Chamic languages are divided into two branches:
North Chamic languages
South Chamic languages
Coastal Chamic languages
Cham-Chru Chamic languages
- Western Cham language
- Chru language
- Eastern Cham language
- Roglai language
- Southern Roglai language
- Cacgia Roglai language
- Northern Roglai language
Plateau Chamic languages
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