Sui language

E257938

The Sui language is a Tai–Kadai language spoken primarily by the Sui ethnic group in Guizhou and neighboring provinces of southern China.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sui language canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kra–Dai language ⓘ
Tai–Kadai language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
autonym Sui ⓘ
linked to: Sui people

Suijang ⓘ
classificationStatus well-established within Kam–Sui ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kam language ⓘ
Maonan language ⓘ
Mulao language ⓘ
linked to: Maonan language
country People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
endangermentStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Sui people of Guizhou ⓘ
family Tai–Kadai language family ⓘ
glottocode suic1235 ⓘ
glottologName Sui ⓘ
linked to: Sui people
hasAlternativeName Shui language ⓘ
Suihua ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Sui oral literature ⓘ
Sui traditional festivals ⓘ
hasDialects Pandong Sui ⓘ
Sandong Sui ⓘ
Yang'an Sui ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Sui pictographic script ⓘ
iso639-3Code swi ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Kam–Sui ⓘ
languagePolicyContext subject to Chinese minority language policies ⓘ
linguisticArea Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Bouyei language ⓘ
Kam language ⓘ
Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Sui people ⓘ
primaryProvince Guizhou ⓘ
linked to: Guizhou Province
region southern China ⓘ
script Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
spokenIn China ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
status minority language in China ⓘ
subfamily Kam–Sui languages ⓘ
typology tonal language ⓘ
usedBy Sui ethnic group ⓘ
usedInEducation limited local education ⓘ
usedInMedia local and community media ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Kam language → closelyRelatedTo → Sui language ⓘ
Kam–Sui → hasPart → Sui language ⓘ
Sandong Sui → isMajorDialectOf → Sui language ⓘ
Yang'an Sui → partOf → Sui language ⓘ
Shui language → hasAlternativeName → Sui language ⓘ
Sui people of Guizhou → language → Sui language ⓘ
Lakkia language → relatedTo → Sui language ⓘ
subject linked to: Lakkjia
Pandong Sui → partOf → Sui language ⓘ
Mulao language → closelyRelatedTo → Sui language ⓘ
Mak language → isRelatedTo → Sui language ⓘ
Proto-Kam–Tai → ancestorOf → Sui language ⓘ
Southern Kam → closelyRelatedTo → Sui language ⓘ