Chamic languages

E149482

The Chamic languages are a branch of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Indonesia, notable for heavy contact influence from neighboring Austroasiatic and Tai-Kadai languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chamic languages canonical 3
Chamic 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family
arealFeatureOf Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
branchOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
familyColor Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
geographicDistribution Maritime Southeast Asia
mainland Southeast Asia
glottologCode cham1328
hasAlternativeName Cham language
surface form: Cham languages
hasCharacteristic complex vowel systems
contrastive register or tone in some languages
heavy lexical borrowing from neighboring languages
influence from Austroasiatic phonology
influence from Tai-Kadai phonology
strong contact-induced change
tonogenesis in some varieties
hasInfluenceFrom Austroasiatic
surface form: Austroasiatic languages

Mon-Khmer
surface form: Mon-Khmer languages

Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages

Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai-Kadai languages
hasPart Acehnese
surface form: Acehnese language

Cham language
Chru language
Cham language
surface form: Eastern Cham language

Haroi language
Jarai language
Rade language
Roglai language
Tsat language
Utsat language
Cham language
surface form: Western Cham language
historicalContactWith Khmer language
Lao
surface form: Lao language

Thai language
Vietnamese
surface form: Vietnamese language
memberOf Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
originatesFrom Champa
surface form: Champa civilization
spokenIn Cambodia
China
Hainan
Indonesia
Laos
Thailand
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf Austronesian languages
subgroupOf Malayo-Polynesian languages
writingSystemUsed Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Cham script
Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Utsat language subgroup Chamic languages
Cham language languageBranch Chamic languages
Cham language hasAlternativeName Chamic languages
this entity surface form: Chamic