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The Chamic languages are a group of ten languages spoken in parts of Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
, Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, and Hainan
Hainan

Hainan is the smallest Provinces of China of the People's Republic of China. Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, all but three percent of its land mass is on Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name....
, classified as Malayic languages
Malayic languages

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Sunda-Sulawesi languages of the Austronesian languages. They include Malay language, the national language of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; Minangkabau language in central Sumatra; Acehnese language in Aceh; the Chamic languages in Vietnam and Cambodia; Moken in Thailand and Burma; and Iban languag...
 in the Sunda-Sulawesi
Sunda-Sulawesi languages

The Sunda-Sulawesi languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages posited in Wouk and Ross . They include most of the languages of Sulawesi and the Greater Sunda Islands, as well as a few outliers such as Chamorro language and Palauan language....
 group of the Austronesian language family.

Jarai
Jarai language

The Jarai language is a Malayo-Polynesian languages language spoken by the Jarai ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. The speakers of Jarai number approximately 332,557....
 and Cham
Cham language

Cham is the language of the Cham people of Southeast Asia, and formerly the language of the kingdom of Champa in central Vietnam. A member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family, it is spoken by 100,000 people in Vietnam and up to 220,000 people in Cambodia ....
 (including Western and Eastern) are the most widely spoken out of the nine, with about 230,000 and 280,000 speakers respectively. Tsat
Tsat language

Tsat is a language spoken on Hainan Island in China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages group within the Austronesian languages language family, and is related to the Cham languages, originally from the coast of present-day Vietnam....
 is one of the least spoken with more or less 3,000 speakers.








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The Chamic languages are a group of ten languages spoken in parts of Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
, Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
, and Hainan
Hainan

Hainan is the smallest Provinces of China of the People's Republic of China. Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, all but three percent of its land mass is on Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name....
, classified as Malayic languages
Malayic languages

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Sunda-Sulawesi languages of the Austronesian languages. They include Malay language, the national language of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei; Minangkabau language in central Sumatra; Acehnese language in Aceh; the Chamic languages in Vietnam and Cambodia; Moken in Thailand and Burma; and Iban languag...
 in the Sunda-Sulawesi
Sunda-Sulawesi languages

The Sunda-Sulawesi languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages posited in Wouk and Ross . They include most of the languages of Sulawesi and the Greater Sunda Islands, as well as a few outliers such as Chamorro language and Palauan language....
 group of the Austronesian language family.

Jarai
Jarai language

The Jarai language is a Malayo-Polynesian languages language spoken by the Jarai ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. The speakers of Jarai number approximately 332,557....
 and Cham
Cham language

Cham is the language of the Cham people of Southeast Asia, and formerly the language of the kingdom of Champa in central Vietnam. A member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family, it is spoken by 100,000 people in Vietnam and up to 220,000 people in Cambodia ....
 (including Western and Eastern) are the most widely spoken out of the nine, with about 230,000 and 280,000 speakers respectively. Tsat
Tsat language

Tsat is a language spoken on Hainan Island in China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages group within the Austronesian languages language family, and is related to the Cham languages, originally from the coast of present-day Vietnam....
 is one of the least spoken with more or less 3,000 speakers.

Languages

The Chamic languages are divided into two branches:

North Chamic languages

  • Tsat language
    Tsat language

    Tsat is a language spoken on Hainan Island in China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages group within the Austronesian languages language family, and is related to the Cham languages, originally from the coast of present-day Vietnam....


South Chamic languages


Coastal Chamic languages

Cham-Chru Chamic languages
  • Cham language
    Cham language

    Cham is the language of the Cham people of Southeast Asia, and formerly the language of the kingdom of Champa in central Vietnam. A member of the Malayo-Polynesian languages branch of the Austronesian languages family, it is spoken by 100,000 people in Vietnam and up to 220,000 people in Cambodia ....
    • Western Cham language
    • Eastern Cham language
  • Chru language
  • Roglai language
    • Southern Roglai language
    • Cacgia Roglai language
    • Northern Roglai language


Plateau Chamic languages
  • Haroi language
  • Jarai language
    Jarai language

    The Jarai language is a Malayo-Polynesian languages language spoken by the Jarai ethnic group of Vietnam and Cambodia. The speakers of Jarai number approximately 332,557....
  • Rade language


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