Dialectal Differences
The two regions where Cham is spoken (Cambodia and southern Vietnam) use sometimes different pronunciations for certain sounds, or sometimes use different words altogether for certain concepts. The table below gives some examples of words where the two dialects differ.
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Cambodia southern Vietnam vowels child anœk anẽk take tuk tôk not jvẽi jvai sibilants one sa tha save from drowning srong throng salt sara shara equal samu hamu final consonants heavy trap trak in front anap anak lexical differences market pasa darak hate amoḥ limuk
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