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.
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
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.