Southern Amis

E574280

Southern Amis is a regional variety of the Amis language spoken by Amis communities in the southern part of Taiwan.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Amis canonical 4
Southern Amis dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional dialect ⓘ
variety of the Amis language ⓘ
belongsTo indigenous languages of Taiwan ⓘ
country Taiwan ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amis ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Southern Amis dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Amis

Southern variety of Amis ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Amis ⓘ
Proto-Austronesian language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Formosan language ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Amis oral literature ⓘ
Amis traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasDialectalDifferenceWith Central Amis ⓘ
Eastern Amis ⓘ
Northern Amis ⓘ
hasLanguageCode none (shares code with Amis language overall) ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature Austronesian alignment system ⓘ
rich verbal affixation ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature differences in consonant realization compared to Central Amis ⓘ
distinct vowel quality contrasts compared to other Amis varieties ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic VSO word order ⓘ
use of voice morphology to mark grammatical relations ⓘ
hasVariationIn lexicon compared to other Amis varieties ⓘ
morphosyntax compared to other Amis varieties ⓘ
phonology compared to other Amis varieties ⓘ
isDocumentedBy field linguists working on Amis ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Amis dialects ⓘ
isStudiedIn Formosan linguistics ⓘ
linked to: Formosan languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Formosan languages ⓘ
partOf Amis language ⓘ
region Hualien County (southern part) ⓘ
linked to: Hualien County

Pingtung County ⓘ
linked to: Ping-tung County

Taitung County ⓘ
spokenBy Amis people ⓘ
linked to: Amis
spokenIn southern Taiwan ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subjectTo language shift to Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
usedIn folk songs ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional Amis rituals ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Amis language → hasDialect → Southern Amis ⓘ
Northern Amis → hasLinguisticRelation → Southern Amis ⓘ
Central Amis → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Amis ⓘ
Southern Amis → hasAlternativeName → Southern Amis dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Amis
Pangcah language → hasDialect → Southern Amis ⓘ