Standard Zhuang orthography

E545684

Standard Zhuang orthography is the officially standardized writing system for the Zhuang language, primarily using a Latin-based script with additional letters and diacritics to represent its phonology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Standard Zhuang 6
Standard Zhuang orthography canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin-based script ⓘ
orthography ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
appliesTo Standard Zhuang language variety ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Zhuang people ⓘ
basedOn Latin alphabet ⓘ
belongsToLanguageFamily Tai languages (via Zhuang language) ⓘ
contrastsWith Sawndip (traditional Zhuang logographic script) ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang script
hasAdvantageOver Sawndip in terms of ease of printing and digital use ⓘ
hasEncoding Unicode-compatible Latin characters ⓘ
hasFeature special letters for Zhuang consonants ⓘ
special letters for Zhuang vowels ⓘ
tone marking ⓘ
use of apostrophe-like separators in some analyses ⓘ
use of digraphs ⓘ
isComponentOf language policy for minority languages in China ⓘ
languageOf Zhuang ⓘ
medium digital text ⓘ
print ⓘ
signage ⓘ
officialStatus official writing system for Zhuang language in China ⓘ
officialStatusIn China ⓘ
primaryRegionOfUse Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

southern China ⓘ
regulates standard written Zhuang ⓘ
replaced older Zhuang character-based writing traditions in official use ⓘ
represents Zhuang phonology ⓘ
scriptFamily Latin ⓘ
scriptType Latin script ⓘ
standardizationPurpose to promote literacy among Zhuang speakers ⓘ
to provide a unified written form for Zhuang ⓘ
standardizedBy authorities of the People’s Republic of China ⓘ
status standardized and regulated ⓘ
supports representation of Zhuang tones with specific orthographic devices ⓘ
targetUserGroup learners of Zhuang as a second language ⓘ
native speakers of Zhuang ⓘ
usedFor Zhuang language ⓘ
usedIn education for Zhuang speakers in China ⓘ
media in Zhuang ⓘ
official publications in Zhuang ⓘ
uses Latin letters ⓘ
additional letters ⓘ
diacritics ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabetic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Zhuang language → hasWritingSystem → Standard Zhuang orthography ⓘ
Wuming Zhuang → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography
Wuming dialect → basisOf → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography
Youjiang Zhuang dialect cluster → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography
Zhuang script → writingSystemFor → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography
Northern Tai languages → hasMember → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography
Bouyei language → closelyRelatedTo → Standard Zhuang ⓘ
subject linked to: Bouyi
linked to: Standard Zhuang orthography