Lvliang dialect

E829203

The Lvliang dialect is a regional variety of Jin Chinese spoken in and around the Lvliang area of Shanxi Province, characterized by distinctive phonological and lexical features within the Jin dialect group.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lvliang Jin dialect 1
Lvliang dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect ⓘ
Jin Chinese dialect ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
belongsToDialectGroup Jin dialect group ⓘ
contrastsWith Datong dialect ⓘ
Standard Mandarin ⓘ
linked to: Standard Chinese

Taiyuan dialect ⓘ
country China ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lvliang Jin dialect ⓘ
linked to: Lvliang dialect
hasFeature distinctive lexicon ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ
phonological variation within Jin ⓘ
tone system typical of Jin Chinese ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature regional vocabulary items not used in Mandarin ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant distinctions characteristic of Jin ⓘ
regional vowel realizations ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus coexists with Standard Mandarin in education and media ⓘ
primarily used in informal contexts ⓘ
languageFamily Jin Chinese ⓘ
languageType spoken vernacular ⓘ
linguisticClassification Sinitic branch ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan language family ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility less intelligible with Standard Mandarin ⓘ
partially intelligible with other Jin dialects ⓘ
partOf Chinese dialect continuum ⓘ
region Lvliang area ⓘ
western Shanxi ⓘ
linked to: Shanxi Province
spokenIn Lvliang ⓘ
linked to: Lüliang

Shanxi Province ⓘ
northern China ⓘ
linked to: North China
subgroupOf Chinese ⓘ
Jin Chinese ⓘ
Sinitic languages ⓘ
usedBy local population of Lvliang area ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Jin Chinese → hasDialectGroup → Lvliang dialect ⓘ
Lvliang dialect → hasAlternativeName → Lvliang Jin dialect ⓘ
linked to: Lvliang dialect