Sui language

E257938

The Sui language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Sui ethnic group in Guizhou and neighboring provinces of southern China.

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Label Occurrences
Sui language canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kra–Dai language
Tai–Kadai language
natural language
autonym Sui people
surface form: Sui

Suijang
classificationStatus well-established within Kam–Sui
closelyRelatedTo Kam language
Maonan language
Maonan language
surface form: Mulao language
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnolinguisticGroup Sui people of Guizhou
family Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai–Kadai language family
glottocode suic1235
glottologName Sui people
surface form: Sui
hasAlternativeName Shui language
Suihua
hasCulturalAssociation Sui oral literature
Sui traditional festivals
hasDialects Pandong Sui
Sandong Sui
Yang'an Sui
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
rich consonant inventory
hasWritingSystem Sui pictographic script
iso639-3Code swi
languageFamilyBranch Kam–Sui
languagePolicyContext subject to Chinese minority language policies
linguisticArea Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area
neighboringLanguages Bouyei language
Kam language
Southwestern Mandarin
primaryEthnicGroup Sui people
primaryProvince Guizhou Province
surface form: Guizhou
region southern China
script Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
spokenIn China
Guangxi Province
surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Guizhou Province
Yunnan Province
status minority language in China
subfamily Kam–Sui languages
typology tonal language
usedBy Sui ethnic group
usedInEducation limited local education
usedInMedia local and community media
wordOrder SVO

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