Utsat language

E233744

The Utsat language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Utsat (Tsat) ethnic minority on China’s Hainan Island, notable for its Cham roots and heavy influence from surrounding Sinitic and Tai-Kadai languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Utsat language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Cham language
language
alternateName Tsat language
Utsat
country China
endangeredStatus severely endangered
family Austronesian languages
geographicDistribution villages near Sanya, Hainan
hasContactWith Cantonese
Hainanese language
surface form: Hainanese Chinese

Li language
Mandarin Chinese
hasEthnicGroup Tsat people
Utsat people
hasGrammarInfluenceFrom Chinese language
Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai-Kadai languages
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Cantonese
Chinese language
Hainanese language
surface form: Hainanese

Hlai languages
Mandarin Chinese
hasOrigin Cham language
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Chinese language
hasSpeakerPopulation small minority on Hainan Island
influencedBy Chinese language
Hlai languages
Li language
Mandarin Chinese
Sinitic languages
Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai-Kadai languages
languageCodeISO639-3 huq
languageShiftTowards Hainanese language
surface form: Hainanese Chinese

Mandarin Chinese
region Hainan
relatedTo Acehnese
surface form: Acehnese language

Cham language
Jarai language
religionAssociated Islam
spokenIn China
Hainan
surface form: Hainan Island
status endangered language
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Chamic languages
usedByMinority Utsat ethnic minority in China
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hainan localLanguage Utsat language
Chamic languages hasPart Utsat language