Buyang language
E899578
The Buyang language is a lesser-known Kra language spoken by the Buyang people in parts of southern China, notable for its complex tonal system and importance to the study of the Kra–Dai language family.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra language
ⓘ
Kra–Dai language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established as Kra branch language ⓘ |
| documentation | limited descriptive grammars and wordlists ⓘ |
| endangermentCause | language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Buyang people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Kra–Dai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
complex tonal system
ⓘ
contrastive vowel qualities ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| glottocode | buya1243 ⓘ |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
final consonant contrasts
ⓘ
tone sandhi in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
Ecun Buyang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Langjia Buyang NERFINISHED ⓘ Paha Buyang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalang Buyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance |
important for historical study of Kra–Dai languages
ⓘ
important for reconstruction of Proto-Kra ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | byy ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
Chinese
ⓘ
Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologyType | analytic ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Southwestern Mandarin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhuang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | southern China ⓘ |
| researchStatus | underdescribed ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| studiedBy | linguists of Kra–Dai languages ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kra branch ⓘ |
| tonal | true ⓘ |
| transmission | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| usedBy | Buyang ethnic communities in villages ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no widely used standardized writing system ⓘ |
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