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Language code: cmc

Technical information about ISO 639 language code cmc

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The table below provides technical details for the Chamic languages language, designated by the cmc code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

cmc

Name

Chamic languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western ChamEastern Cham
Related languages
JaraiRadeAcehneseMalay
Key facts
Cham script descends from the Pallava Brahmi traditionWestern and Eastern Cham have only partial mutual intelligibilityChamic vocabularies contain substantial Sanskrit and Arabic loanwordsThe branch represents one of the very few Austronesian presences on mainland Southeast AsiaLinguists reconstruct Proto-Chamic as having developed after a seafaring migration roughly two millennia ago.
Sample phrase

Hău, miăh kană?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Chamic languages language, identified by the code cmc, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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