Mulao language

E901988

The Mulao language is a Kam–Sui language of the Tai–Kadai family spoken by the Mulao ethnic group in southern China.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mulao–Maonan languages 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kam–Sui language
Tai–Kadai language
language
alternateName Mulam language NERFINISHED
Mulao NERFINISHED
autonym Mulam NERFINISHED
belongsTo Kam–Sui branch of Tai–Kadai
closelyRelatedTo Kam language NERFINISHED
Maonan language NERFINISHED
Sui language NERFINISHED
country China
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mulao NERFINISHED
family Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED
glottologCode mula1248
glottologName Mulam NERFINISHED
hasDialects various local varieties
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order
classifier system
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
rich consonant inventory
ISO639-3 mlm
languageBranch Kam–Sui NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED
primaryArea Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County NERFINISHED
recognizedAs language of an ethnic minority in China
region southern China
spokenBy Mulao people NERFINISHED
spokenIn China
Guangxi NERFINISHED
Guizhou NERFINISHED
subfamily Kam–Sui NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED
Standard Chinese NERFINISHED
writingSystem none (traditionally unwritten)

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kam language closelyRelatedTo Mulao language
Kam–Sui languages hasMemberLanguage Mulao language
Kam–Sui languages hasMemberLanguage Mulao language
this entity surface form: Mulao–Maonan languages