Chamic
Geographic distribution:	Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, China (Hainan Island), various countries with recent immigrants)
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Malayo-Sumbawan     Acheh-Chamic      Chamic
Subdivisions:	Northern Southern
ISO 639-2 and 639-5:	cmc

The Chamic languages are a group of ten languages spoken in parts of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Hainan, classified as Malayic languages in the Austronesian language family.

Jarai and Cham (including Western and Eastern) are the most widely spoken out of the nine, with about 230,000 and 280,000 speakers respectively. Tsat is one of the least spoken with more or less 3,000 speakers.

[edit] Languages

The Chamic languages are,

• North Chamic: Tsat
• South Chamic
  • Coastal Chamic: Cham, Chru; Roglai, Cacgia
  • Plateau Chamic: Haroi, Jarai, Rade

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue entry