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The Jarai language belongs to Chamic branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages. Although often classified as a Mon-Khmer language until the 20th century, the affiliation of Jarai to the Chamic sister languages Cham and Rade , and a wider connection to Malay was already recognized as early as 1864.
Jarai is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Jarai people of Vietnam and Cambodia. The speakers of Jarai number approximately 530,000, not including other possible Jarai communities in countries other than Vietnam and Cambodia such as United States of America.
Jarai is related to the Cham language of central Vietnam, and has also been influenced by nearby Mon-Khmer languages. The current Jarai alphabet was introduced by the French in the 1920s. Before then the language was not written.
Jarai (also spelled as Jrai, Cho-Rai, Chor, Djarai, Chrai, Gia Rai, Gio Rai, Jörai, and Mthur) is a Chamic language in the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family ( Ethnologue ). Jarai is spoken by approximately 318,000 Jarai people, predominantly in the Highlands Gia Lai province of Vietnam.
Chamic languages, group of languages spoken in Vietnam and Cambodia, classified as West Indonesian languages in the Hesperonesian group of the Austronesian language family. Of the nine Chamic languages , Jarai and Cham (including Western and Eastern) are the largest, with about 230,000 and 280,000 speakers respectively.
1. Introduction to the Jarai language was published in Jarai Clauses and Noun Phrases on page 1.
