Tsat language
E648053
The Tsat language is an endangered Austronesian language spoken by the Utsat (Hui) ethnic group on Hainan Island in China, notable for its heavy influence from surrounding Sinitic and Tai-Kadai languages.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Huihuihua
ⓘ
Utsat language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOfSpeakers | Utsat (Hui) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
contact-induced change
ⓘ
heavy lexical borrowing from Chinese ⓘ heavy lexical borrowing from Tai-Kadai languages ⓘ phonological influence from Sinitic languages ⓘ phonological influence from Tai-Kadai languages ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom | Arabic (via Islam-related vocabulary) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
bilingualism with Chinese
ⓘ
bilingualism with Li and other local languages ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Chamic-speaking migrants ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hlai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Li language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinitic languages ⓘ Tai-Kadai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | has ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards |
Hainanese Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li language ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic language ⓘ |
| notUsedInDomain |
formal education
ⓘ
government administration ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersStatus | very small speaker population ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southern China ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cham language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jarai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Roglai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Utsat people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hainan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Chamic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ |
| usedInDomain | home and community communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.