Kavalan language
E149481
The Kavalan language is an endangered Austronesian language of the indigenous Kavalan people of northeastern Taiwan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kavalan language canonical | 3 |
| Kanakanavu language | 1 |
| Kavalanese | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kavalanese
ⓘ
Kbalan ⓘ Kebalan ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Formosan indigenous languages of Taiwan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Basay language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| documentation | described in modern linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| endangermentLevel | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Gaoshan people
ⓘ
surface form:
Kavalan people
|
| family |
Austronesian languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Austronesian
|
| glottocode | kava1241 ⓘ |
| hasCaseMarking | preposed case markers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Austronesian alignment
ⓘ
focus system ⓘ numeral classifiers ⓘ preposed clitics ⓘ reduplication ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ voice alternations ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive stress
ⓘ
five-vowel system ⓘ simple consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem |
clitic pronouns
ⓘ
inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ckv ⓘ |
| languageBranch | East Formosan ⓘ |
| languageOf | Kavalan people ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few fluent speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Hualien County
ⓘ
Yilan County ⓘ |
| revitalization | subject of community language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| shiftedTo |
Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
northeastern Taiwan ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formosan languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-initial phrase structure
ⓘ
prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral narratives
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| wordOrder | verb–initial ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kanakanavu language
this entity surface form:
Kavalanese