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Tsat language

 
Wikipedia: Tsat language
Tsat
Spoken in Hainan Island
Region Southeast Asia
Total speakers 3,500
Ranking  ?
Language family Austronesian
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

Tsat (also known as Utsat, Utset, Huihui, Hui, or Hainan Cham, Chinese: 回辉语/回輝語 Huíhuīyǔ) 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.

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