Also Known As:
Phan Rang Cham, Cham, Cham (Eastern), Tjam, Chiem, Chiem Thà nh, Bhamam, Bình Thuân
Dialects & Varieties
Diglossia, Bilingualism and the Revitalizaton of Written Eastern Cham
Brunelle, Marc (2008). Diglossia, Bilingualism and the Revitalization of Written Eastern Cham. Language Documentation of Conservation 2.1: 28-46.
Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 1
Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Speakers
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Comments on speakers
Almost all the Phang Rang Cham speakers are bilingual in Cham and Vietnamese. The schooling system and the official language in Vietnam is Vietnamese which has influenced Phang Rang Cham in terms of lexicon, syntax and phonology.
Location and Context
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Digitisation of the endangered Cham manuscripts in Vietnam
These three poems are the only ones my grandmother can remember.
Isvan tells a traditional story in the Eastern Cham language.