Southeast Asia linguistic area

E704487

Sprachbund linguistic area

The Southeast Asia linguistic area is a region where languages from diverse families have converged to share common structural features such as tonal systems, analytic grammar, and similar word order due to long-term contact and diffusion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area	2
Southeast Asia (linguistic area)	1
Southeast Asia linguistic area canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sprachbund ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mainland Southeast Asia Sprachbund NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	areal diffusion of linguistic features ⓘ long-term language contact ⓘ structural convergence among unrelated languages ⓘ
hasCause	intense multilingualism ⓘ long-term population contact and trade ⓘ
hasEffect	convergence of grammatical structures ⓘ diffusion of phonological features across language families ⓘ
hasFeature	analytic grammar ⓘ classifier systems with numeral classifiers ⓘ complex tone or register systems in many languages ⓘ isolating morphology ⓘ lack of consonant clusters in many languages ⓘ little or no inflectional morphology ⓘ rich systems of sentence-final particles in many languages ⓘ similar basic word order patterns ⓘ similar patterns of comparatives in many languages ⓘ similar patterns of negation in many languages ⓘ similar patterns of relativization in many languages ⓘ tonal systems in many languages ⓘ topic-prominent syntax in many languages ⓘ use of serial verb constructions ⓘ
includesLanguage	Burmese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hmong language varieties ⓘ Karen languages ⓘ Khmer language NERFINISHED ⓘ Lao language NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay varieties on the mainland ⓘ Mon language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shan language ⓘ Thai language ⓘ Vietnamese language ⓘ Yao (Mien) language varieties ⓘ Zhuang language NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesLanguageFamily	Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Hmong-Mien languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tai-Kadai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesRegion	Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Northeast India ⓘ parts of Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ parts of Southern China ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ
studiedInField	areal linguistics ⓘ contact linguistics ⓘ typology ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Miao languages → arealRelation → Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ

Muong language → linguisticArea → Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area

Hlai languages → arealGrouping → Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area

Tai Phake language → region → Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southeast Asia (linguistic area)