Utsat people

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The Utsat people are a small ethnic group of Cham origin living primarily on Hainan Island in China, known for their distinct Austronesian language and Islamic cultural heritage.

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Utsat people canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Austronesian people
ethnic group
citizenship Chinese citizens
country China
culturalAssimilation partially sinicized
culturalHeritage Cham cultural elements
Islamic cultural traditions
endangermentStatus endangered language
ethnicOrigin Cham people
ethnonym Utsat
hasAlternativeName Cham Hainanese
Hainan Cham
Tsat people
historicalOrigin migrants from Champa
historicalRegionOfOrigin Central Vietnam
Champa
language Tsat language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubfamily Chamic languages
linguisticInfluenceOnLanguage Arabic loanwords in Tsat
Chinese loanwords in Tsat
Malay loanwords in Tsat
linguisticStatus language endangered
migrationPeriod medieval period
populationStatus small population
primaryLocation Hainan Island
linked to: Hainan

Hainan Province
linked to: Hainan
primaryReligion Islam
recognizedAs part of Hui nationality in China
region South China Sea region
linked to: South China Sea

southern Hainan
relatedEthnicGroup Acehnese people
Cham people
Hui people
Malay people
religion Sunni Islam
religiousInstitution mosques in Hainan
religiousPractice daily Islamic prayers
observance of Ramadan
residesIn Sanya
Yacheng area
traditionalOccupation fishing
small-scale agriculture
usesScript Chinese characters
usesScriptHistorically Arabic script
Cham script

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

Utsat language hasEthnicGroup Utsat people
Tsat language spokenBy Utsat people
Tsat people alternativeName Utsat people