Shexian dialect

E402895

The Shexian dialect is a variety of Chinese belonging to the Huizhou group, traditionally spoken in and around She County in Anhui Province.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jixi dialect 1
Shexian dialect canonical 1
Xiuning dialect 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect ⓘ
Huizhou Chinese variety ⓘ
associatedWith Hui merchants history ⓘ
Huizhou culture ⓘ
belongsToDialectGroup Shexian subgroup of Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Jixi dialect ⓘ
Tunxi dialect ⓘ
contrastWith Gan Chinese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
Wu Chinese ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRole marker of local identity in She County ⓘ
endangermentStatus under pressure from Standard Mandarin ⓘ
geographicDistributionType county-level concentration ⓘ
hasFeature lexical items distinct from Standard Chinese ⓘ
mutual unintelligibility with Standard Mandarin for many speakers ⓘ
phonological differences from Mandarin ⓘ
preservation of some archaic Chinese features ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation diglossia with Standard Mandarin ⓘ
historicalRegion former Huizhou Prefecture area ⓘ
languageBranch Sinitic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chinese language
languageCodeStatus no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
no distinct ISO 639-1 code ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
linguisticClassificationBasis lexicon ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
tone system ⓘ
linguisticResearchField Chinese dialectology ⓘ
partOf Huangshan area dialects ⓘ
phonologicalType Chinese tonal dialect ⓘ
preservationEfforts local documentation and research by linguists ⓘ
primaryRegion She County, Anhui ⓘ
province Anhui Province ⓘ
linked to: Anhui
regionType Huizhou cultural region ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right (modern usage) ⓘ
shiftTrend younger generations increasingly using Mandarin ⓘ
spokenIn She County, Huangshan City, Anhui ⓘ
surrounding areas of She County, Anhui ⓘ
standardVarietyOf local Huizhou speech in She County ⓘ
subgroupOf Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
usedBy local residents of She County ⓘ
usedIn daily communication ⓘ
local culture and traditions ⓘ
usedInEducation rarely used as medium of formal instruction ⓘ
usedInMedia limited use in local informal media ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Huizhou (historical region) → hasDialect → Shexian dialect ⓘ
Huizhou Chinese → hasDialect → Xiuning dialect ⓘ
linked to: Shexian dialect
Huizhou Chinese → hasDialect → Jixi dialect ⓘ
linked to: Shexian dialect
Huizhou Chinese → hasDialect → Yixian dialect ⓘ
linked to: Shexian dialect