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Tsat

A language of China

ISO 639-3: huq

Population	3,800 (1999 Y. Zheng). Ethnic population: 5,000 (2000 D. Bradley).
Region	South Hainan Prefecture; Yaxian (Sanya) County, Yanglan District, Huixin and Huihui villages.
Language map	Southern China
Alternate names	Hainan Cham, Hui, Huihui, Sanya Hui, Utsat, Utset
Dialects	Most similar to Northern Roglai [rog], but very different. Tsat is structurally changed to be like Chinese.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Chamic, Highlands, Chru-Northern, Northern Cham
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Also use the Fukienese dialect of Min Nan Chinese [nan], Yue Chinese [yue], or Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Comments	Classified as Hui nationality. The phonology suggests a history of some independence from other Chamic languages (Maddieson 1991). Their name for themselves is Utsat, for their language Tsat. Huihui or Hui is the Chinese name. Tonal. Fishermen; agriculturalists: vegetables. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KENG-FONG Pang; MADDIESON, Ian, authors. 1993. "Tone in Utsat."

THURGOOD, Graham, author. 1993. "Phan Rang Cham and Utsat: Tonogenetic themes and variants."

THURGOOD, Graham, author. 2006. "Sociolinguistics and contact-induced language change: Hainan Cham, Anong, and Phan Rang Cham."