Tsat language
Tsat | |
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Native to | China |
Region | Hainan |
Ethnicity | Utsul |
Native speakers
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4,000 (2007)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | huq |
Glottolog | tsat1238 [2] |
Tsat (also known as Utsat, Utset, Huíhuī, or Hainan Cham, simplified Chinese: 回辉语; traditional Chinese: 回輝語; pinyin: Huíhuīyǔ) is a language spoken by 4,500 people in Yanglan (Chinese: 羊栏) and Huixin (Chinese: 回新), two villages on the outskirts of near Sanya, Hainan, China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within the Austronesian language family, and is one of the Chamic languages originating on the coast of present-day Vietnam.
Unusually for an Austronesian language, Tsat has developed into a solidly tonal language, probably as a result of areal linguistic effects and contact with the diverse tonal languages spoken on Hainan including varieties of Chinese such as Hainanese and Standard Chinese, Tai–Kadai languages such as the Hlai languages, and Hmong–Mien languages such as Kim Mun.[3]
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Tonogenesis
Hainan Cham tones correspond to various Proto-Chamic sounds.[4]
Tone value (Hainan Cham) |
Type of tone (Hainan Cham) |
Proto-Chamic final sound |
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55 | High | *-h, *-s; PAN *-q |
42 | Falling | *-p, *-t, *-k, *-c, *-ʔ; *-ay Voiced final: default |
24 | Rising | *-p, *-t, *-k, *-c, *-ʔ; *-ay Voiceless final: voiced stop / affricate initial |
11 | Low | Vowels and nasals Voiced final: default |
33 | Mid | Vowels and nasals Voiceless final: voiced stop / affricate initial |
Notes
- ↑ Tsat at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Thurgood, Graham. 1993. "Phan Rang Cham and Utsat: Tonogenetic themes and variants." In Jerold A. Edmondson and Kenneth J. Gregerson (eds.), Tonality in Austronesian languages, 91-106. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication, 24. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
References
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External links
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- Recent papers on Tsat
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