Yami (Tao)

E144045
Austronesian language natural language

Yami (Tao) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao people of Orchid Island, Taiwan, known for its distinct phonology and close relation to the Batanic languages of the Philippines.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Yami 4
Yami (Tao) canonical 3
Tao 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Lan Yu Yami ⓘ
Thao language ⓘ
surface form: Tao language

Yami (Tao) ⓘ
surface form: Yami
associatedEthnicity Tao ⓘ
belongsToMacroArea Pacific ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Itbayat language ⓘ
Ivatan language ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottocode yami1235 ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder Austronesian alignment patterns ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature distinct phonology ⓘ
influence from Batanic languages ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Itbayat ⓘ
Ivatan people ⓘ
surface form: Ivatan
hasLinguisticArea Batanes Islands ⓘ
surface form: Batanes–Orchid Island area
hasMorphologicalType predominantly agglutinative ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature Austronesian-type vowel system ⓘ
contrastive stops and fricatives ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulation a few thousand speakers ⓘ
iso639-3Code tao ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageShiftPressureFrom Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form: Taiwanese Southern Min
neighboringLanguages Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Taiwanese Southern Min ⓘ
partOf Batanic subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
primaryLocation Orchid Island ⓘ
surface form: Orchid Island (Lanyu)
region Taitung County ⓘ
surface form: Lanyu Township
spokenBy Tao people ⓘ
spokenIn Orchid Island ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
subfamily Batanic languages ⓘ
subjectOf comparative Austronesian research ⓘ
descriptive grammars ⓘ
phonological studies ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Tao people ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batanic languages → hasMember → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
Philippine languages → includesLanguage → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yami
Tao people → nativeName → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tao
Tao people → alsoKnownAs → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yami
indigenous peoples of Taiwan → recognizedGroup → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
Yami (Tao) → alternateName → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yami
Yami language → glottologName → Yami (Tao) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yami
Philippine Austronesian languages → hasMember → Yami (Tao) ⓘ