Hlai languages

E257936

Hlai languages are a group of closely related Tai–Kadai languages spoken primarily by the Li (Hlai) people on China’s Hainan Island.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hlai languages canonical 6
Hlai language 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai–Kadai languages
language family
arealGrouping Southeast Asia linguistic area
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
country China
endangermentStatus some varieties vulnerable
ethnicGroup Li people
glottologCode hlai1239
governedBy language policy of the People’s Republic of China
hasAlternativeName Hlai
Li dialects
Li languages
hasLoanwordsFrom Chinese
hasMember Baoting Hlai
Changjiang Hlai
Ha Em language
Lingao language
Meifu Hlai
Qi language
Run language
Standard Hlai
Tongzha Hlai
Hlai
surface form: Zandui Hlai
hasStandardVariety Standard Hlai
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
influencedBy Chinese language
surface form: Chinese languages
ISO639-3Code lic (for Hlai, generic)
languageBranchOf Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai–Kadai language family
languageStatus minority languages in China
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Chinese
surface form: Standard Mandarin
population over 1 million speakers
primaryRegion Hainan
surface form: Hainan Province
region southern China
surface form: Southern China
relatedTo Kam–Sui languages
Kra languages
Tai languages
spokenBy Hlai people
Li people
spokenIn China
Hainan
surface form: Hainan Island
standardBasedOn Ha Em dialect
subclassOf Kra–Dai languages
typologicalFeature isolating morphology
mostly SVO word order
tonal languages
usedByMinority yes
usedInEducation limited local use
writingSystemStatus partly standardized

Referenced by (8)

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

Tai–Kadai languages hasSubfamily Hlai languages
Tai–Kadai languages includesLanguage Hlai languages
this entity surface form: Hlai language
Li people primaryLanguage Hlai languages
this entity surface form: Hlai language
Li people languageBranch Hlai languages
Utsat language influencedBy Hlai languages
Utsat language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Hlai languages
Kra languages relatedTo Hlai languages
Kam–Sui languages relatedTo Hlai languages