Northern Amis
E574278
Northern Amis is a major dialect of the Amis language spoken by the Amis Indigenous people in the northern coastal region of eastern Taiwan.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Amis language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Indigenous peoples of Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects | various local subvarieties ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation |
Central Amis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hengchun Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | Austronesian alignment system (shared with Amis) ⓘ |
| hasOwn | distinct phonological and lexical features within Amis ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (relative to some other Amis varieties)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory typical of Amis ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | flexible VSO / VOS word order (as in Amis) ⓘ |
| isMajorDialectOf | Amis language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639_3 | ami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Formosan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Amis language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | Indigenous language variety in Taiwan language policy context ⓘ |
| sharesLexiconWith | other Amis dialects ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Amis people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northern coastal region of eastern Taiwan ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
comparative studies of Amis dialects
ⓘ
linguistic fieldwork in Taiwan ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local radio and community media (to a limited extent)
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ songs and rituals ⓘ |
| usedIn | everyday communication among Amis communities in northern Hualien and nearby areas ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.