User:Samaraghali/Tsat/Zainmehm7 Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

(Samaraghali)


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Tsat language


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)

Evaluate the drafted changes
The lead does a great job of putting the information in the right order, for example the article starts with how many people speak the language, what language member it is from, and also that it is a tonal language and why and what languages that may have been influenced from. The lead is concise but more information about the people could be added. There is an example of the tone and how it sounds which is a great example.

There is content that is missing, there are examples of the language - specific words that could be added to the page to give an example.

There isn't specific viewpoints missing but there could be more information on the location and how the language came to be, maybe more information on the study of the people and language. The Ethnologue link is great, however the rest are older and more recent information could be found. It is not possible to find the viewpoint of the author because it is written in a Encyclopedic manner. However, it is too short. There isn't enough information about its origins, how is the Tsat language different or similar to Hainanese? What influences can one find between the two languages? Overall, the information - although little are from a credible source.

I would suggest adding more content, the origins of the language, which areas it was and is now practiced in, the dialect, maybe the Phonology. Also, there are some grammar mistakes, such as "Unusually for an Austronesian language, Tsat has developed into a solidly tonal language," I would suggest making it, "Unusual" it would sound more natural. Also, there is a lot of "such as," which takes away from the language itself in the sense that the article should have given maybe one example of a similar language, "spoken on Hainan including varieties of Chinese such as Hainanese and Standard Chinese.." instead all the examples are listed in this way. I think putting it more concisely and maybe adding a section about what languages are similar would be a better idea.