Mulao language

E901988

The Mulao language is a Kam–Sui language of the Tai–Kadai family spoken by the Mulao ethnic group in southern China.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mulao language canonical 4
Mulao–Maonan languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kam–Sui language ⓘ
Tai–Kadai language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternateName Mulam language ⓘ
Mulao ⓘ
linked to: Mulao people
autonym Mulam ⓘ
belongsTo Kam–Sui branch of Tai–Kadai ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kam language ⓘ
Maonan language ⓘ
Sui language ⓘ
country China ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mulao ⓘ
linked to: Mulao people
family Tai–Kadai ⓘ
glottologCode mula1248 ⓘ
glottologName Mulam ⓘ
hasDialects various local varieties ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
classifier system ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType analytic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
ISO639-3 mlm ⓘ
languageBranch Kam–Sui ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai ⓘ
primaryArea Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County ⓘ
recognizedAs language of an ethnic minority in China ⓘ
region southern China ⓘ
spokenBy Mulao people ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
Guangxi ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou ⓘ
linked to: Guizhou Province
subfamily Kam–Sui ⓘ
usedAlongside Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ
Standard Chinese ⓘ
writingSystem none (traditionally unwritten) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kam language → closelyRelatedTo → Mulao language ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages → hasMemberLanguage → Mulao language ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages → hasMemberLanguage → Mulao–Maonan languages ⓘ
linked to: Mulao language
Kam–Sui → hasPart → Mulao language ⓘ
Mulao people → traditionalLanguage → Mulao language ⓘ