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The Chamic languages are a subgroup of Malayo-Polynesian languages in the Austronesian family. The ancestor of this subfamily, proto-Chamic, is associated with the Sa Huỳnh culture, its speakers arriving in what is now Vietnam from Formosa.
Cham belongs to the Chamic languages, which are spoken in parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia's Aceh Province, and on the island of Hainan. Cham is the oldest-attested Austronesian language, with the Đông Yên Châu inscription being verifiably dated to the late 4th century AD.
- 320,000 (2002 – 2008 census)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ( PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian is ancestral to all Austronesian languages spoken outside Taiwan, as well as the Yami language on Taiwan's Orchid Island.
No.Reconstruction LevelsCommon NameScientific Name8724PMPa cereal grass with edible seeds that are ...4343PMPa climbing plant11282PMP3686PMPa fernThe Chamic languages, also known as Aceh–Chamic and Achinese–Chamic, are a group of ten languages spoken in Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Vietnam and Hainan, China. The Chamic languages are a subgroup of Malayo-Sumbawan languages in the Austronesian family.
Tsat, also known as Utsat, Utset, Hainan Cham, or Huíhuī ( simplified Chinese : 回辉语; traditional Chinese : 回輝語; pinyin : Huíhuīyǔ ), is a tonal language spoken by 4,500 Utsul people in Yanglan ( 羊栏) and Huixin ( 回新) villages near Sanya, Hainan, China.
The Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and pre-Polynesian branches were longer than 81 and 85%, respectively, of a random sample of branches from the overall branch-length distribution . A rank-sum test suggests a low probability ( P = 0.057) of obtaining these ranks or higher by chance.
