Batanic languages

E26896

Austronesian languages subgroup language subgroup

Batanic languages are a small subgroup of Austronesian languages spoken primarily in the Batanes Islands of the northern Philippines and parts of Taiwan, known for their unique phonological and lexical features.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian languages subgroup → language subgroup →
alsoKnownAs	Bashiic languages → Bashiic subgroup →
branchOf	Philippine languages →
characteristic	distinct lexical innovations → influence from contact with Philippine and Formosan languages → retention of some Proto-Austronesian features → unique phonological features →
closelyRelatedTo	Formosan languages → Philippine languages →
endangeredStatus	vulnerable →
geographicDistribution	Bashi Channel region → islands between Luzon and Taiwan →
hasISOClassification	included under various individual ISO 639-3 codes for member languages →
hasMember	Babuyan Ivatan language → Babuyan language → Ibatan language → Isamurongen Ivatan → Itbayat language → Itbayaten → Ivasayen Ivatan → Ivatan language → Tao language → Yami (Tao) → Yami language →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script →
languageFamily	Austronesian → Malayo-Polynesian →
morphosyntacticAlignment	Austronesian alignment (Philippine-type) →
namedAfter	Batanes Islands →
region	Batanes Province → Cagayan Valley region → Taitung County →
spokenIn	Batanes Islands → Lanyu → Orchid Island → Philippines → Taiwan → northern Philippines →
studiedBy	Austronesian linguistics → historical linguistics →
subclassOf	Austronesian languages → Malayo-Polynesian languages →
typology	predominantly verb-initial word order →
usedBy	Itbayat people → Ivatan people → Tao people → Yami people →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austronesian languages → Austronesian languages ("Batanic languages subgroup") →	hasSubfamily
Batanic languages ("Bashiic languages") →	alsoKnownAs
Batanic languages ("Ibatan language") →	hasMember