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The Typology Conversion and Integration History of Tsat and Utsat in Sanya, Hainan

Linguistics / 2025,7(4): 235-248 / 2025-10-31 18 9

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• Authors: Zhiquan Fan¹³ Peipei Fu² Yunong Ye²
• Information:

  1. The Center for Studies of Fujian and Taiwan, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China;
  2. College of Chinese Language and Literature, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China;
  3. Institute of Austronesian, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, China

• Keywords:
  Austronesian Languages in China’s Taiwan Region; Tsat; Language Type; Fusion
• Abstract: The Austronesian language group is spoken in China by the Gaoshan people of Taiwan and the Huihui People from Sanya in Hainan (SYH). The origin of the SYH is still unclear. This article compares the Austronesian languages of China’s Taiwan region with the Tsat based on research on the correlation between language and genetic evolution and explains the SYH and their evolutionary history. This article supports the view that the modern SYH originated from three ancestral sources: Central/South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, with the East Asian people being the main body. The formation of the modern Hui people in East Asia was due to both cultural and demographic diffusion.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.35534/lin.0704024 (registering DOI)
• Cite: Fan, Z. Q., Fu, P. P., & Ye, Y. N. (2025). The typology conversion and integration history of Tsat and Utsat in Sanya, Hainan. Linguistics, 7(4), 235-248.