Sawndip

E545685

Sawndip is the traditional logographic script used for writing the Zhuang language, based largely on adapted Chinese characters.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sawndip canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zhuang script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Zhuang people ⓘ
basedOn Chinese characters ⓘ
characterFormationMethod invented characters specific to Zhuang ⓘ
phonetic borrowing from Chinese characters ⓘ
semantic borrowing from Chinese characters ⓘ
semantic-phonetic compound creation ⓘ
coexistsWith official Zhuang alphabet ⓘ
culturalRole marker of Zhuang cultural identity ⓘ
preservation of Zhuang oral literature ⓘ
documentedIn Sawndip Sawdenj (Zhuang character dictionary) ⓘ
earliestEvidenceCentury Tang dynasty period ⓘ
linked to: Tang dynasty
hasDedicatedUnicodeBlock false ⓘ
historicalUsage ballads ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
medical prescriptions ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
ISO15924Code none ⓘ
linguisticFunction representation of Zhuang-specific vocabulary not present in Chinese ⓘ
notOfficialStandard true ⓘ
primaryCountry China ⓘ
primaryRegion Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province
regionOfOrigin Lingnan region ⓘ
linked to: Lingnan
relatedScript Han characters ⓘ
scriptComplexity large and not fully standardized character set ⓘ
scriptFamily Chinese character family ⓘ
scriptReformImpact partly replaced by Latin-based Zhuang script ⓘ
scriptStatus traditional and vernacular script ⓘ
standardizationEfforts 20th century and 21st century scholarly cataloguing ⓘ
timeDepth over 1000 years of use ⓘ
transliterationTarget Latin-based Zhuang orthography ⓘ
UnicodeStatus partially encoded via CJK Unified Ideographs ⓘ
usedFor Bouyei language ⓘ
Zhuang language ⓘ
local Sinitic varieties in Guangxi ⓘ
usedIn genealogies ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
uses adapted Chinese characters ⓘ
locally created characters ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal, left-to-right ⓘ
vertical, top-to-bottom ⓘ
writingSystemType logographic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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