Roglai language

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

Roglai
Region	Vietnam
Native speakers	(97,000 cited 1999–2002)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Chamic Highlands Northern Chamic Roglai
Writing system	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

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.

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

• Sounds /e, o/ may also have more open variants as [ɛ, ɔ].^[3]
• Glide sounds [j, w] may also occur as a result of vowel off-glides.^[4]

Vocabulary

Mainland Chamic, Aceh and Malay comparative table:

Lexeme	Proto-Chamic	Western Cham	Eastern Cham	Roglai	Aceh	Malay
one	*sa	/sa ha/	/tha/	/sa/	sa	satu
seven	*tujuh	/taçuh/	/taçŭh/	/tijuh/	tujôh	tujuh
fire	*ʔapuy	/pui/	/apuy/	/apui/	apui	api
sky	*laŋit	/laŋiʔ/	/laŋiʔ/ Lingik	/laŋĩ꞉ʔ/	langèt	langit
rice (husked)	*bra꞉s	/prah/	/prah-l/	/bra/	breueh	beras
iron	*bisεy	/pasay/	/pithăy/	/pisǝy/	beusoe	besi
sugarcane	*tabɔw-v	/tapau/	/tapăw/	/tubəu/	teubèe	tebu