Southern Kam
E899584
Southern Kam is a major dialect of the Kam language spoken by the Kam (Dong) people in parts of southern China.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Kam language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Kam
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ⓘ
Sui language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Northern Kam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Kam ethnic identity ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicRegion | Dong autonomous counties ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Kam (Dong) people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | sout2738 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Nan Dong (Chinese exonym)
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Southern Dong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Southeastern Southern Kam
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Southwestern Southern Kam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars
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lexicographic work (dictionaries) ⓘ phonological studies ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| isMajorDialectOf | Kam language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kmc (for Southern Dong / Southern Kam) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Kam–Sui languages
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ⓘ
Kra–Dai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | primarily spoken, limited written use ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | analytic language ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially mutually intelligible with Northern Kam ⓘ |
| partOf | Kam language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | hill and river valleys of southern China ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dong people
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ⓘ
Kam people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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ⓘ
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Kam (Dong) language continuum ⓘ |
| underInfluenceOf |
Southwestern Mandarin
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ⓘ
Standard Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | oral communication in Kam communities ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kam oral literature
ⓘ
traditional Kam songs ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | rarely used as medium of formal schooling ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Chinese characters (occasionally used)
ⓘ
Latin-based orthography (for some linguistic descriptions) ⓘ |
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