Central Kam

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Central Kam is a primary dialect of the Kam language spoken by the Kam (Dong) people in parts of southern China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
variety of the Kam language
alternateName Central Dong NERFINISHED
Kam: Central dialect
closelyRelatedTo Northern Kam NERFINISHED
Southern Kam NERFINISHED
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Kam (Dong) people NERFINISHED
glottocode cent1990
hasDialects Northern Central Kam NERFINISHED
Southern Central Kam NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
tonal language
ISO639-3 kmc NERFINISHED
isPrimaryDialectOf Kam language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Kam–Sui languages NERFINISHED
Kra–Dai languages NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology SVO word order
analytic language
partOf Kam dialect continuum
region Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Guizhou Province NERFINISHED
Hunan Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Dong people NERFINISHED
Kam people NERFINISHED
spokenIn China
southern China
subdivisionOf Kam language
subjectOfStudy Chinese minority language research
Kam–Sui linguistics
usedBy rural communities in southern China
usedFor daily communication
folk songs
oral tradition
writingSystem Chinese characters (occasionally)
Latin script (for linguistic transcription)

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Kam language hasDialect Central Kam