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زبان چامی

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Also known as Cham language

Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Vietnam and Cambodia

Key facts

Pronunciation
[ cam ]
Native to
Cambodia and Vietnam
Region
Mainland Southeast Asia
Ethnicity
Cham
Native speakers
490,000 (2019)
Language family
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Chamic Coastal Cham
Early forms
Proto-Chamic Old Cham
Dialects
Western Cham Eastern Cham
Writing system
Cham , Jawi (Arabic) , Latin
Recognised minority language in
Vietnam , Cambodia
Iso 639 3
Either:, cja – Western Cham, cjm – Eastern Cham
Glottolog
cham1328
Elp
Eastern Cham

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
language
Subclass of
Chamic
Country
Cambodia
Image
Cham language.jpg
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number of speakers, writers, or signers
400000
linguistic typology
subject–verb–object
different from
Dijim-Bwilim
indigenous to
Chams
native label
ꨌꩌ
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