Rade language


Rade, is an Austronesian language of southern Vietnam. There may be some speakers in Cambodia. It is a member of the Chamic subgroup, and is closely related to the Cham language of central Vietnam.

Dialects

Đoàn Văn Phúc lists 9 dialects of Ede. They are spoken mostly in Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.
Bih, which has about 1,000 speakers, may be a separate language. Tam Nguyen reported that there are only 10 speakers of Bih out of an ethnic population of about 400 people.
A patrilineal Ede subgroup known as the Hmok or Hmok Pai is found in the Buôn Ma Thuột area.

Classification

Đoàn Văn Phúc provides the following classification for the Ede dialects. Đoàn also provides a 1,000-word vocabulary list for all of the 9 Ede dialects.
Đoàn Văn Phúc assigns the following cognacy percentages for comparisons between Ede Kpă and the other 8 dialects of Ede, with Bih as the most divergent Ede dialect.
The spelling is shown in italics.

Vowels

Consonants