Saek language
E893905
The Saek language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by the Saek ethnic group in parts of Laos and northeastern Thailand, known for preserving several archaic features within the Tai language family.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra–Dai language
ⓘ
Tai language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| branch | Northern Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Laos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Saek people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | saek1240 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex tone system
ⓘ
conservative phonology ⓘ consonant clusters ⓘ influence from Lao ⓘ influence from Thai ⓘ lexical tone ⓘ preserves archaic Tai features ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInterest |
conservative tone categories
ⓘ
contact-induced change from Lao and Thai ⓘ preservation of archaic Tai vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked syllables
ⓘ
final nasals ⓘ final stops ⓘ tone splits ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | skb ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOf | Saek ethnic group ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Lao language
ⓘ
Phu Thai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Thai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Khammouane Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nakhon Phanom Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ central Laos ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bouyei language
ⓘ
Southwestern Tai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhuang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Laos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tai ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
isolating morphology ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Lao script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ |
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