Alternate Names: Ro-Ngao
Dialects: Bahnar-Rengao, Sedang-Rengao, Western Rengao.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 18,000 (Bradley 2007).
Language Use: Also use Vietnamese [vie].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1977.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Viet Nam
Other Comments: Part of the Ba Na official ethnic community (227,716, 2009 census).