ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Eurasia · ISO 639-3 cja · Glottocode west2650

Western Cham

The sealed source record lists Western Cham in the Austronesian family, with threatened status and Arabic as its likely script.

Language family
Austronesian
Likely script
Arabic (Arab)
Source status
threatened
Macroarea
Eurasia
Source country codes
KH · TH · VN
Reference point
12.477, 104.026

Open research question

Which historical and current sources clarify the relationship between the reference point, actual language areas, and mobility for Western Cham?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.