Hainan Hlai

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Hainan Hlai is a Kra–Dai language spoken primarily by the Li (Hlai) ethnic group on China’s Hainan Island.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kra–Dai language
language
continent Asia
country China
ethnicity Li people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hlai NERFINISHED
Li language NERFINISHED
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasDialects Baisha Hlai NERFINISHED
Baoting Hlai NERFINISHED
Changjiang Hlai NERFINISHED
Dongfang Hlai NERFINISHED
Ledong Hlai NERFINISHED
Lingshui Hlai NERFINISHED
Qiongzhong Hlai NERFINISHED
Sanya Hlai NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode hlai1238
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
tonal language
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Mandarin Chinese
language shift toward Mandarin Chinese
hasSpeakerCommunity Li autonomous counties of Hainan
hasWritingSystem Latin-based orthography
isEndangered true
isMinorityLanguageOf Hainan Province NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 lic
isRecognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn China NERFINISHED
isRelatedTo Kam–Sui languages NERFINISHED
Lao language NERFINISHED
Thai language NERFINISHED
Zhuang languages NERFINISHED
isSpokenPrimarilyOn Hainan Island NERFINISHED
languageBranch Hlai NERFINISHED
languageFamily Kra–Dai NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology isolating
region southern China NERFINISHED
script Latin script
spokenBy Hlai people NERFINISHED
Li ethnic group NERFINISHED
spokenIn China NERFINISHED
Hainan Island NERFINISHED
subclassOf Hlai language NERFINISHED
usedByMinorityGroup yes

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Li language alsoKnownAs Hainan Hlai