Tsat language

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Tsat
Spoken in: Hainan Island 
Region: Southeast Asia
Total speakers: 3,500 
Ranking: ?
Language family: Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Malayic
   Aceh-Chamic
    Chamic
     North Chamic
      Tsat 
Official status
Official language in: none
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: huq
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Tsat (also known as Utsat, Utset, Huihui, Hui, or Hainan Cham) is a language spoken on Hainan Island in China by the Utsuls. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within the Austronesian language family, and is related to the Cham languages, originally from the coast of present-day Vietnam.

Unusually for a Malayo-Polynesian language, Tsat has developed into a solidly tonal language, probably as a result of areal linguistic effects and contact with Chinese, Hlai/Li, and the other tonal languages of Hainan.

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