Northern Kam

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Northern Kam is a primary dialect of the Kam (Dong) language spoken by the Kam ethnic group in parts of southern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Kam language
endangeredStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Beilu Dong NERFINISHED
North Kam NERFINISHED
Northern Dong NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Dong people NERFINISHED
Kam people NERFINISHED
hasGrammarFeature SVO basic word order
use of sentence-final particles
hasISO6393Code kmc
hasLinguisticType analytic language
tonal language
hasOralTradition Kam epic singing
Kam narrative songs
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
contrastive tones
rich consonant inventory
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language variety in China
hasSpeakerCommunity Kam villages in Guangxi
Kam villages in Guizhou
Kam villages in Hunan
hasUsageDomain folklore
local rituals
oral communication
traditional songs
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Southern Kam (to a limited degree)
isSubjectOf field studies in Kam–Sui linguistics
languageShiftTowards Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED
Standard Chinese NERFINISHED
partOfLanguageFamily Kam–Sui languages NERFINISHED
Kra–Dai languages NERFINISHED
regulatedBy local Kam cultural organizations
spokenIn China
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED
Hunan Province NERFINISHED
southern China NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Dong language NERFINISHED
Kam language NERFINISHED
usedBy Kam ethnic communities in rural areas
usedInEducation rarely used as medium of formal schooling
writingSystem Chinese characters (occasionally used)
Latin script (for some transcriptions)

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Kam language hasDialect Northern Kam