Zhuang language

E126954

The Zhuang language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily by the Zhuang ethnic group in Guangxi and surrounding regions of southern China.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai-Kadai language ⓘ
language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bouyei language ⓘ
Lao language ⓘ
Nung language ⓘ
Thai language ⓘ
country China ⓘ
ethnicGroup Zhuang people ⓘ
family Tai-Kadai language family ⓘ
glottologCode zhua1255 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language

Vahcuengh ⓘ
hasDialects Northern Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Northern Tai

Southern Zhuang ⓘ
Wuming Zhuang ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Sawndip ⓘ
Standard Zhuang orthography ⓘ
iso639-1Code za ⓘ
iso639-2Code zha ⓘ
iso639-3Code zha ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch Tai branch ⓘ
linguisticTypology analytic language ⓘ
macrolanguageStatus ISO 639-3 macrolanguage ⓘ
officialStatus official language of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some dialects ⓘ
tones ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn China ⓘ
region South China ⓘ
linked to: southern China
script Chinese characters ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
spokenIn Guangdong Province ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou Province ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
standardBasedOnDialect Wuming dialect ⓘ
subfamily Central Tai ⓘ
Northern Tai ⓘ
usedBy Zhuang autonomous institutions in Guangxi ⓘ
usedIn education in some areas of Guangxi ⓘ
local media in Guangxi ⓘ
usesLatinAlphabetSince 1950s ⓘ
usesTraditionalScript Sawndip ⓘ
wordOrder SVO ⓘ
writingReform Latin-based orthography introduced in 1957 ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ
logographic (Sawndip) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liuzhou → localLanguage → Zhuang language ⓘ
subject linked to: Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
Southern China → hasLanguageGroup → Zhuang language ⓘ
subject linked to: southern China
Tai–Kadai languages → includesLanguage → Zhuang language ⓘ
Beihai → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region → languageUsed → Zhuang languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Guangxi Province
linked to: Zhuang language
Zhuang language → hasAlternativeName → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
East Asian languages → includesLanguage → Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Pinghua → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Nanning → majorLanguage → Zhuang language ⓘ
Zhuang people → primaryLanguage → Zhuang language ⓘ
Wenshan → language → Zhuang language ⓘ
Li language → hasNeighboringLanguage → Zhuang language ⓘ
Guilin → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Tai languages → hasMajorLanguage → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Bouyei language → closelyRelatedTo → Zhuang language ⓘ
Lakkia language → hasContactWith → Zhuang language ⓘ
Lakkia language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Zhuang language ⓘ
Lakkia–Biao languages → contactWith → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Hepu County → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Silver Beach (Beihai) → languageUsed → Zhuang ⓘ
subject linked to: Silver Beach
linked to: Zhuang language
Yinhai District → language → Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Central Tai → hasLanguage → Xiangzhou Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Northern Tai → relatedTo → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Tieshangang District → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Mulam → bilingualIn → Zhuang language ⓘ
Hechi → languageUsed → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Baise → languageSpoken → Zhuang language ⓘ
Chongzuo → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Yulin → language → Zhuang language ⓘ
Qinzhou → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Liu Yongfu → languageOfEthnicGroup → Zhuang language ⓘ
Standard Zhuang orthography → usedFor → Zhuang language ⓘ
Sawndip → usedFor → Zhuang language ⓘ
Wuming Zhuang → subclassOf → Zhuang language ⓘ
Wuming Zhuang → isPartOf → Zhuang dialect continuum ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Wuming Zhuang → belongsTo → Zhuang macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Vahcuengh → nativeNameOf → Zhuang language ⓘ
Southern Zhuang → subclassOf → Zhuang language ⓘ
Southern Zhuang → partOf → Zhuang language continuum ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Pinghua language → hasInfluenceFrom → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Southern Pinghua → influencedBy → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Nánníng → languageUsed → Zhuang language ⓘ
Sanyuesan Festival → hasCulturalElement → Zhuang language ⓘ
Northern Zhuang → subclassOf → Zhuang language ⓘ
Northern Zhuang → partOf → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
Hainan Hlai → isRelatedTo → Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language