Yongnan Zhuang dialect cluster

E1033828

The Yongnan Zhuang dialect cluster is a group of closely related Zhuang language varieties spoken in southern China that belong to the Central Tai branch of the Tai language family.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language variety
Zhuang language variety
dialect cluster
hasAlternateName Southern Yong Zhuang
linked to: Southern Zhuang

Yongnan Zhuang
hasAncestor Old Zhuang
Proto-Tai language
linked to: Proto-Tai
hasBranch Central Tai
hasCountry China
hasEthnicity Zhuang
hasGlottocode yong1270
hasGlottologName Yongnan Zhuang
hasISO639-3Code zyn
hasLanguageFamily Kra–Dai
Tai
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order
analytic morphology
classifier system
tonal language
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone system
contrastive tone categories
final stop consonants in some syllables
hasRegion Chongzuo area
linked to: Chongzuo

Fangchenggang area
Nanning area
linked to: Nanning

Yongjiang River basin
southern Guangxi
hasStandardVariety Nanning Yongnan Zhuang
linked to: Nanning
hasSubgroup Chongzuo dialects
Fangcheng dialects
Nanning dialects
hasUsageStatus regional lingua franca among Zhuang communities in parts of Guangxi
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
isInfluencedBy Pinghua
Standard Chinese
Yue Chinese
isRelatedTo Bouyei language
Dai languages of Yunnan
linked to: Dehong Dai language

Nong Zhuang
Northern Zhuang dialects
isSpokenBy ethnic Zhuang communities
partOf Central Tai branch
linked to: Central Tai

Kra–Dai language family
Tai language family
spokenIn Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

southern China
subclassOf Central Tai language
Zhuang language
usedBy Zhuang people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Central Tai hasLanguage Yongnan Zhuang dialect cluster
Wuming dialect comparedWith Yongnan Zhuang dialects
linked to: Yongnan Zhuang dialect cluster
Proto-Kam–Tai ancestorOf Then (Yongnan Zhuang) language
linked to: Yongnan Zhuang dialect cluster