Zaiwa language

E644036

The Zaiwa language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily by the Zaiwa people in parts of Yunnan, China and northern Myanmar.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zaiwa language canonical 2
Tiwa language 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman language
language
country China
Myanmar
hasAlternativeName Atsi
Atsi (Myanmar) NERFINISHED
Atsi-Zaiwa NERFINISHED
Atsing
Zaiwa NERFINISHED
Zaiwa (Atsi) NERFINISHED
Zaiwa (China) NERFINISHED
Zaiwa-Atsi NERFINISHED
hasDialects various local varieties in Yunnan and Kachin State
hasDomainOfUse daily communication
local religious practices
oral tradition
hasEthnologueEntry Zaiwa NERFINISHED
hasGlottologCode zaiw1241
hasISO639-3Code atb
hasLinguisticTypology SOV word order
analytic language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
tonal language
hasStandardForm variety used in Dehong region
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
languageFamily Burmish
Lolo-Burmese
Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
Tibeto-Burman NERFINISHED
neighboringLanguage Burmese language
Jingpho language NERFINISHED
region Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED
scriptUsedIn Chinese characters in China
Latin script in Myanmar
spokenBy Zaiwa people NERFINISHED
spokenIn China NERFINISHED
Myanmar NERFINISHED
Yunnan NERFINISHED
northern Myanmar
subclassOf Burmish language
Lolo-Burmese language
Sino-Tibetan language
usedByEthnicGroup Jingpo-related groups

Referenced by (3)

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

Boro language closelyRelatedTo Zaiwa language
this entity surface form: Tiwa language
Lolo-Burmese includes Zaiwa language