Lingao language

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The Lingao language is a Kra–Dai language spoken primarily in Hainan, China, known for its close relation to other Hlai languages and its distinct phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hlai language
Kra–Dai language
Sinitic-area minority language
language
alternativeName Lingao NERFINISHED
Lingaoese NERFINISHED
Ong Be NERFINISHED
Ong-Be NERFINISHED
Ongbei NERFINISHED
classificationStatus sometimes treated as separate branch within Hlai
closelyRelatedTo Hlai languages NERFINISHED
contactWith Cantonese NERFINISHED
Hainanese Min Chinese NERFINISHED
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
country China
endangeredStatus vulnerable
geographicDistribution coastal areas of northwestern Hainan
glottocode ling1263
hasFeature distinct lexical features
distinct phonological system
influence from Chinese loanwords
hasLinguisticArea Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area NERFINISHED
hasPhonology complex tone system
contrastive vowel qualities
rich consonant inventory
ISO639_3Code onb
languageFamily Kra–Dai NERFINISHED
Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED
name Lingao language NERFINISHED
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Hainanese Min NERFINISHED
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Lingao County NERFINISHED
northwestern Hainan
regionOfficialLanguageOf none
spokenIn China
Hainan NERFINISHED
subfamily Hlai NERFINISHED
subjectOfStudy Chinese–Kra–Dai language contact research
comparative Kra–Dai linguistics
typology analytic language
tonal language
usedBy Lingao people NERFINISHED
Ong-Be ethnic community NERFINISHED
writingSystem no widely used standardized writing system

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Hlai languages hasMember Lingao language