Also Known As:
Phan Rang Cham, Cham, Cham (Eastern), Tjam, Chiem, Chiem Thà nh, Bhamam, Bình Thuân
Dialects & Varieties
From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change: With an Appendix of Chamic Reconstructions and Loanwords
Graham Thurgood. 1999. "From Ancient Cham To Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change: With An Appendix of Chamic Reconstructions and Loanwords." Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications, No. 28. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
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Location and Context
Countries
Vietnam
Location Description
Eastern Cham is spoken in and around the city of Phan Rang, in southern Vietnam.
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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.