- Source: Tsat language
Tsat, also known as Utsat, Utset, Hainan Cham, or Huíhuī (simplified Chinese: 回辉语; traditional Chinese: 回輝語; pinyin: Huíhuīyǔ), is a tonal language spoken by 4,500 Utsul people in Yanglan (羊栏) and Huixin (回新) villages near Sanya, Hainan, China. 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.
Phonology
= Consonants
=Sounds /ts, s/ may also be pronounced as [tɕ, ɕ] when before /i/.
= Vowels
=Final glide sounds [j, w] may also occur as a realization of /i/, /u/ at the end of falling diphthongs.
Tonogenesis
Hainan Cham tones correspond to various Proto-Chamic sounds.
History
Unusually for an Austronesian language, Tsat has developed into a 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.
Notes
References
External links
Pérez Pereiro, Alberto. "Tonality in Phan Rang Cham and Tsat". Archived from the original on 2006-03-20. Retrieved 2006-12-22.
Recent papers on Tsat Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bahasa Tsat
- Rumpun bahasa Chamik
- Rumpun bahasa Austronesia
- Stephen Chow
- Rumpun suku bangsa Austronesia
- Tumbuhan dan hewan terdomestikasi di Austronesia
- Tsat language
- TSAT
- Languages of China
- Chamic languages
- Vietnamese language
- Austronesian languages
- Hainan
- Indonesian language
- Malay language
- Tsat Tsz Mui
