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Diglossia, Bilingualism and the Revitalizaton of Written Eastern Cham
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

100,000

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

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"Spoken Eastern Cham is ... the dominant language in Cham villages and that the children of the few Vietnamese families who have resettled in these villages typically have a good, if not native, command of Cham." (Brunelle 2008)

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

the provinces of Ninh Thuận and Binh Thuận of the south-central coast in Vietnam

Coordinates

11.683, 108.86; 11.104, 108.075

Location description

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Government support

No data

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

Vietnamese

Domains of other languages

formal domains or when talking about technical or socioculturlal topics

More on context

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.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

50,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

73,820

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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More about speakers

There were 72,900 speakers in Viet Nam in 2002.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA; Vietnam;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

1999

Location and Context

Countries

Vietnam

Coordinates

11.562, 108.994

Location description

Eastern Cham is spoken in and around the city of Phan Rang, in southern Vietnam.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Eastern Cham is spoken in and around the city of Phan Rang, in southern Vietnam.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

April 27, 2014

Location and Context

Countries

Vietnam

Coordinates

No data

Location description

mostly in Ninh Thuan Province;

Government support

yes (though not effective)

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

neutral or negative

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

the Akhar Thrah scripts (traditional Cham scripts)

Other writing systems

mostly in Ninh Thuan Province;

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Vietnamese (the official language)

Domains of other languages

Vietnamese used in official domains

More on context

Phan Rang Cham speakers have developed teaching materials.

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

72,873

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

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