Saisiyat language
E138019
The Saisiyat language is an indigenous Austronesian language spoken by the Saisiyat people of northwestern Taiwan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saisiyat language canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Formosan language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Saisett
ⓘ
Saisiyat ⓘ
surface form:
Saisiat
Saisiyat ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ verb–initial ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Taai dialect
ⓘ
Taai dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Tungho dialect
|
| hasEthnicGroup | Saisiyat people ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sais1237 ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticClassification | Malayo-Polynesian branch ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
focus alignment system
ⓘ
rich derivational morphology ⓘ voice-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Atayal language
ⓘ
Hakka ⓘ
surface form:
Hakka Chinese
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Saisiyat villages in Hsinchu County
ⓘ
Saisiyat villages in Miaoli County ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
threatened
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isMinorityLanguageIn |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| ISO639-3Code | xsy ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy |
Council of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan) (policy role)
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan
|
| isSubjectTo |
languageShiftToHakka
ⓘ
languageShiftToMandarinChinese ⓘ languageShiftToTaiwaneseHokkien ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| region |
Hsinchu County
ⓘ
Miaoli County ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Saisiyat people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
northwestern Taiwan ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Formosan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Formosan languages
|
| usedIn | traditional rituals of the Saisiyat people ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.