Changjiang Hlai

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Changjiang Hlai is a specific variety of the Hlai language cluster spoken by the Hlai people in Hainan, China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hlai language variety
language variety
closelyRelatedTo other Hlai varieties on Hainan
contactWith Hainanese Min Chinese NERFINISHED
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
other Sinitic varieties on Hainan
country China
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Hlai people NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Changjiang Li NERFINISHED
Changjiang dialect of Hlai NERFINISHED
hasFeature SVO basic word order (subject–verb–object)
contrastive vowel quality and length
rich system of lexical tones
tonal language
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (treated under Hlai)
isPartOf Sinitic–Kra–Dai contact area NERFINISHED
languageFamily Kra–Dai NERFINISHED
Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification one of several distinct Hlai lects
partOf Kra–Dai language family NERFINISHED
Tai–Kadai language family NERFINISHED
populationTrend declining intergenerational transmission
region Southern China NERFINISHED
spokenBy Hlai people NERFINISHED
Li ethnic group NERFINISHED
spokenIn Changjiang Li Autonomous County NERFINISHED
Hainan Island NERFINISHED
Hainan Province NERFINISHED
People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Hlai NERFINISHED
Hlai language cluster
usedFor oral communication
usedIn local traditional culture of Hlai people
oral literature and folklore of Hlai people
writingSystem Latin-based orthographies used in linguistic description
no widely used traditional native script

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Hlai languages hasMember Changjiang Hlai