Tsat language
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| Tsat | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Hainan Island | |
| Region: | Southeast Asia | |
| Total speakers: | 3,500 | |
| Ranking: | ? | |
| Language family: | Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Malayic Aceh-Chamic Chamic North Chamic Tsat |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | none | |
| Regulated by: | No official regulation | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | None | |
| ISO 639-2: | map | |
| ISO 639-3: | huq | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Tsat (also known as Utsat, Utset, Huihui, Hui, or Hainan Cham) is a language spoken on Hainan Island in China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within the Austronesian language family, and is related to the Cham languages, originally from the coast of present-day Vietnam.
Unusually for a Malayo-Polynesian language, Tsat has developed into a solidly tonal language, probably as a result of areal linguistic effects and contact with Chinese, Hlai/Li, and the other tonal languages of Hainan.
[edit] External links
- Pérez Pereiro, Alberto. "Tonality in Phan Rang Cham and Tsat". Archived from the original on 2006-03-20. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
- Ethnologue entry for Tsat
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