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Inventrories assigned to Western Cham seem to belong to Eastern Cham #276

Closed xrotwang closed 4 years ago

xrotwang commented 4 years ago

Via @d97hah :

The inventories assigned to Western Cham use a source (Blood 1967) which seems to be explicitly about Cham in Vietnam, i.e., Eastern Cham [cjm] not Cambodian or Western Cham [cja].

bambooforest commented 4 years ago

Thanks for this @xrotwang @d97hah .

Via Blood1967.pdf :

"This description of Cham phonology is based on a study made while residing in the Cham village of Phuoc Dong near Phan Rang, central Vietnam, from May, 1960 to May, 1962."

The language code assignment was incorrect because:

http://web.phonetik.uni-frankfurt.de/L/L2411.html (UPSID 282)

states: "Cham is spoken mostly in Kampuchea but there are several speakers in Vietnam." suggesting Western Cham.

Hence the assignment in WALS is also incorrect:

https://wals.info/refdb/record/Blood-1967

Addressed in #278