Amis language

E138018

The Amis language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Amis people of eastern Taiwan and is one of the largest and most vital of the island’s Indigenous languages.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amis language canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Formosan language
natural language
belongsToMacroArea Papunesia
country Republic of China
endonym Pangcah
ethnicGroup Amis people
glottocode amis1246
hasAlternativeName Amis
Pangcah language
hasBasicWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasDialect Central Amis
Malecite Amis
Northern Amis
Southern Amis
Tavalong-Vataan Amis
hasGrammaticalFeature Austronesian alignment system
focus system typical of Philippine-type languages
preposed tense-aspect markers
voice-marking on verbs
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars
dictionaries
text collections
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some dialects
rich consonant inventory including affricates
hasRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes
media broadcasting in Amis
publication of Amis-language teaching materials
hasWordOrder flexible word order
iso639-2Code ami
iso639-3Code ami
isTaughtIn some primary schools in eastern Taiwan
languageCode ami
languageFamily Austronesian languages
numberOfSpeakers one of the largest Indigenous languages of Taiwan
recognizedAs Indigenous language of Taiwan
region Hualien County
Pingtung County, Taiwan
surface form: Pingtung County

Taitung County
Yilan County
spokenBy indigenous peoples of Taiwan
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Taiwan
spokenIn Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

eastern Taiwan
subfamily Formosan languages
usedIn Indigenous education programs in Taiwan
oral literature of the Amis people
traditional songs of the Amis people
vitalityStatus relatively vital among Taiwan Indigenous languages
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Basay language closelyRelatedTo Amis language
Sakizaya language relatedTo Amis language