Sách language

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Sách language is a Vietic language spoken by the Sách ethnic group in central Vietnam, closely related to Vietnamese but retaining distinct phonological and lexical features.

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instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Vietic language
belongsTo Indochinese linguistic area NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo Vietnamese language NERFINISHED
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnicGroupAssociated Sách people
hasAlternativeName Sach language
Sách
hasFeature distinct lexicon compared to Vietnamese
distinct phonology compared to Vietnamese
hasLexicalFeature retention of non-Vietnamese Vietic vocabulary
hasPhonologicalFeature conservative Vietic phonological traits
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Vietnamese among speakers
hasTone tonal or pitch-register distinctions (similar to other Vietic languages)
hasTypology analytic language
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
isMinorityLanguageIn Vietnam NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austroasiatic
Vietic NERFINISHED
partOf Viet–Muong subgroup NERFINISHED
region Quảng Bình Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Sách ethnic group
Sách people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Vietnam NERFINISHED
central Vietnam NERFINISHED
threatenedBy language shift to Vietnamese
usedIn daily communication within Sách communities
writingSystem Latin-based orthography (non-standard, influenced by Vietnamese)

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Vietic languages hasMember Sách language