Li language

E233743

Li language is an Austroasiatic language (often classified within the Tai–Kadai family) spoken primarily by the Li ethnic group indigenous to China’s Hainan Island.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Li language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hainan Hlai ⓘ
Hainan Li ⓘ
Hlai ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup Hlai branch of Tai–Kadai ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Li people ⓘ
glottologCode hlai1238 ⓘ
glottologName Hlai ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers over 1 million ⓘ
hasContactWith Hainanese (Min Chinese) ⓘ
linked to: Hainanese language

Standard Chinese ⓘ
hasDialect Baisha dialect ⓘ
Ha dialect ⓘ
Meifu dialect ⓘ
Qi dialect ⓘ
Run dialect ⓘ
Sai dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Li ⓘ
hasISO6393Code hli ⓘ
hasLanguageCodeStandard ISO 639-3 ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology analytic language ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage Be language ⓘ
Cantonese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Zhuang language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal language ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous community of Hainan Island ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystemStatus partially standardized ⓘ
indigenousTo Hainan Island ⓘ
linked to: Hainan
isMinorityLanguageIn China ⓘ
isSubjectOf comparative Tai–Kadai linguistic research ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
majorityLanguageOf Li people ⓘ
primaryRegion Hainan Province ⓘ
linked to: Hainan
region Southern China ⓘ
linked to: southern China
script Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
spokenBy Li people ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
Hainan Island ⓘ
linked to: Hainan
usedIn folk songs of Li people ⓘ
oral literature of Li people ⓘ
rituals of Li people ⓘ
traditional Li culture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hainan → localLanguage → Li language ⓘ
Utsat language → hasContactWith → Li language ⓘ
Run dialect → partOf → Li language ⓘ