Southern Pinghua

E706028

Southern Pinghua is a major branch of the Pinghua group of Chinese varieties, spoken primarily in parts of Guangxi in southern China and distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Southern Pinghua canonical 2
Southern Pinghua Chinese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language variety ⓘ
branch of Pinghua ⓘ
contrastedWith Northern Pinghua ⓘ
country China ⓘ
family Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
geographicDistribution central Guangxi ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

southern Guangxi ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Nanbu Pinghua ⓘ
linked to: Yongxiu Pinghua

Southern Pinghua Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Southern Pinghua
hasFeature Chinese character–based writing in formal contexts ⓘ
distinct lexicon ⓘ
distinct phonology ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasHistoricalRelation other Yue and Southwest Mandarin varieties ⓘ
hasLexicalCharacteristic lexical items distinct from Cantonese ⓘ
lexical items distinct from Standard Mandarin ⓘ
hasPhonologicalCharacteristic complex tone system ⓘ
initial and rime systems distinct from Mandarin ⓘ
tone categories influenced by neighboring Yue varieties ⓘ
hasResearchField Chinese dialectology ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticSituation coexists with Mandarin as lingua franca ⓘ
often used in informal settings ⓘ
hasType spoken vernacular ⓘ
influencedBy Cantonese ⓘ
Zhuang languages ⓘ
linked to: Zhuang language
isBranchOf Pinghua Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Pinghua
languageGroup Pinghua Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Pinghua
languageStatus regional language variety ⓘ
linguisticClassification Chinese topolect ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility limited mutual intelligibility with Cantonese ⓘ
not fully mutually intelligible with Mandarin ⓘ
neighboringTo Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangxi ⓘ
Southwestern Mandarin–speaking areas of Guangxi ⓘ
partOf Pinghua group ⓘ
primaryRegion Guangxi ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province
spokenIn Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Guangxi Province

southern China ⓘ
studiedIn sociolinguistics of Guangxi ⓘ
subclassOf Chinese language variety ⓘ
Pinghua ⓘ
subfamily Sinitic ⓘ
usedBy Han Chinese communities in Guangxi ⓘ
some Zhuang communities in Guangxi ⓘ
usedInDomain daily oral communication ⓘ
local culture and folklore ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters (when written) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Pinghua → hasDialect → Southern Pinghua ⓘ
Pinghua language → hasDialect → Southern Pinghua ⓘ
Southern Pinghua → hasAlternativeName → Southern Pinghua Chinese ⓘ
linked to: Southern Pinghua