Sách language

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Sách language is a Vietic language spoken by the Sách ethnic group in central Vietnam, closely related to Vietnamese but retaining distinct phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sách language canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language
Vietic language
belongsTo Indochinese linguistic area
closelyRelatedTo Vietnamese language
linked to: Vietnamese
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnicGroupAssociated Sách people
hasAlternativeName Sach language
Sách
hasFeature distinct lexicon compared to Vietnamese
distinct phonology compared to Vietnamese
hasLexicalFeature retention of non-Vietnamese Vietic vocabulary
hasPhonologicalFeature conservative Vietic phonological traits
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Vietnamese among speakers
hasTone tonal or pitch-register distinctions (similar to other Vietic languages)
hasTypology analytic language
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
isMinorityLanguageIn Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
languageFamily Austroasiatic
Vietic
linked to: Vietic languages
partOf Viet–Muong subgroup
region Quảng Bình Province
linked to: Quang Binh Province
spokenBy Sách ethnic group
Sách people
spokenIn Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam

central Vietnam
linked to: Central Vietnam
threatenedBy language shift to Vietnamese
usedIn daily communication within Sách communities
writingSystem Latin-based orthography (non-standard, influenced by Vietnamese)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Vietic languages hasMember Sách language
Arem language hasNeighboringLanguage Sách language