In the market place and within the Sanya Municipality, the Cham speakers use Cham among themselves, and with others mostly use the Hainanese dialect. However, in the market places near the government seat of Yanglan Township, the Chams either use the Hainanese dialect or the Mai dialect.Thurgood, Graham. "Sociolinguistics and contact-induced language change: Hainan Cham, Anong, and Phan Rang Cham.". 2006. Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Palawan, Philippines. Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International.
In the market place and within the Sanya Municipality the Cham speakers use Cham among themselves and with others mostly use the Hainanese dialect However in the market places near the government seat of Yanglan Township the Chams either use the Hainanese dialect or the Mai dialectThurgood Graham "Sociolinguistics and contact-induced language change Hainan Cham Anong and Phan Rang Cham" 2006 Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics 17–20 January 2006 Palawan Philippines Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL International