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Tsat | |
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Hainan Cham | |
Native to | China |
Region | Hainan |
Ethnicity | Utsul |
Native speakers | 4,000 (2007)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | huq |
Glottolog | tsat1238 |
ELP | Tsat |
Tsat, also known as Utsat, Utset, Hainan Cham, or Huíhuī (simplified Chinese: 回辉语; traditional Chinese: 回輝語; pinyin: Huíhuīyǔ), is a tonal language spoken by 4,500 Utsul people in Yanglan (羊栏) and Huixin (回新) villages near Sanya, Hainan, China. Tsat is a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within the Austronesian language family, and is one of the Chamic languages originating on the coast of present-day Vietnam.