Jiamao language

Jiamao
Sai 塞
Tai 台
Native toChina
RegionHainan
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1987)[1]
Kra-Dai or language isolate
  • Hlai–Jiamao?
    • Jiamao
Language codes
ISO 639-3jio
Glottologjiam1236

Jiamao (Chinese: 加茂; pinyin: Jiāmào; also 台 Tái or 塞 Sāi) is a divergent Kra-Dai language or possible language isolate[2] spoken in southern Hainan, China.[3] Jiamao speakers' autonym is tʰai1.[4][5]

  1. ^ Jiamao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Norquest (2015)
  3. ^ Miyake, Marc (September 20, 2011). "11.9.20.22:04: Is Jiamao Hlai?". www.amritas.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  4. ^ See Proto-Tai language § Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.
  5. ^ Liu, Yuanchao 刘援朝 (2008). "Líyǔ Jiāmàohuà gàikuàng" 黎语加茂话概况. Mínzú yǔwén 民族語文 (in Chinese). 5.