Yami language
E153293
The Yami language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Tao (Yami) people of Orchid Island in Taiwan, known for preserving many archaic features within the Batanic subgroup.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yami language canonical | 5 |
| Tao (Yami) language | 1 |
| Yami (Tao) language | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Batanic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ponso no Tao
ⓘ
surface form:
Ciriciring no Tao
Yami language ⓘ
surface form:
Tao (Yami) language
Thao language ⓘ
surface form:
Tao language
|
| associatedEthnicity | Tao people ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Itbayat language
ⓘ
Ivatan language ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| glottologName |
Yami (Tao)
ⓘ
surface form:
Yami
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Austronesian language
ⓘ
Batanic languages ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Batanic language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | Ciring no Tao ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yami1235 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | tao ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
Japanese language
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | Austronesian voice system (reduced compared to Proto-Austronesian) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including prenasalized stops ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | Austronesian linguistics ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
historical reconstruction of Batanic subgroup
ⓘ
language contact in Taiwan-Philippines area ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort | community-based language preservation programs on Orchid Island ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | verb-initial basic word order ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | none ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some local schools on Orchid Island ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| preservesFeature |
archaic Batanic phonology
ⓘ
archaic Batanic vocabulary ⓘ conservative Austronesian morphology ⓘ |
| region |
eastern Taiwan
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeast Taiwan
|
| spokenBy |
Tao people
ⓘ
Yami people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Orchid Island
ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| spokenOn |
Lanyu
ⓘ
surface form:
Lanyu (Orchid Island)
|
| subgroupOf |
Batanic subgroup
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Mandarin Chinese
ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Tao communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tao (Yami) language
this entity surface form:
Yami (Tao) language