Old Cham

Old Cham
Old Cham
Native to	Champa
Region	Central Vietnam
Era	4th century–15th century AD
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayo-Sumbawan (?) Chamic Old Cham; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Austronesian Proto-Chamic ;
Writing system	Southern Brahmi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ocm

Cham has the oldest literary history of any Austronesian language. The Dong Yen Chau inscription, written in Old Cham, dates from the late 4th century AD.

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