Zhangzhou dialect
E230508
The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhangzhou dialect canonical | 10 |
| Zhangzhou Hokkien | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2054414 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Zhangzhou dialect Context triple: [Hokkien language, hasDialect, Zhangzhou dialect]
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A.
Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialect is a major variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken in and around Quanzhou in Fujian, historically influential in the development of other Hokkien dialects.
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B.
Chaoshan dialect
The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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C.
Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
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D.
Chen-Xu dialect group
The Chen-Xu dialect group is a subgroup of Xiang Chinese varieties spoken in parts of Hunan province, characterized by phonological and lexical features distinct from other Xiang dialects.
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E.
Taiwanese Hakka
Taiwanese Hakka is a variety of the Hakka Chinese language spoken primarily by Hakka communities in Taiwan, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features compared to other Hakka dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Zhangzhou dialect Target entity description: The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.
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A.
Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialect is a major variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken in and around Quanzhou in Fujian, historically influential in the development of other Hokkien dialects.
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B.
Chaoshan dialect
The Chaoshan dialect, also known as Teochew, is a Southern Min Chinese variety spoken primarily in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and by large overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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C.
Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
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D.
Chen-Xu dialect group
The Chen-Xu dialect group is a subgroup of Xiang Chinese varieties spoken in parts of Hunan province, characterized by phonological and lexical features distinct from other Xiang dialects.
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E.
Taiwanese Hakka
Taiwanese Hakka is a variety of the Hakka Chinese language spoken primarily by Hakka communities in Taiwan, characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features compared to other Hakka dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese language variety
ⓘ
Hokkien dialect ⓘ Southern Min dialect ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicity | Hokkien people ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Quanzhou dialect
ⓘ
Xiamen dialect ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chaoshan dialect
ⓘ
surface form:
Changchew dialect
Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ
surface form:
Zhangzhou Hokkien
|
| hasAncestor |
Middle Chinese
ⓘ
Old Chinese ⓘ Proto-Min ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones
ⓘ
distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ tone sandhi ⓘ |
| historicalCenter | Zhangzhou ⓘ |
| influenced |
Xiamen dialect
ⓘ
surface form:
Amoy dialect
Penang Hokkien ⓘ
surface form:
Malaysian Hokkien
Philippine Hokkien ⓘ Singapore Hokkien ⓘ Southeast Asian Hokkien varieties ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ Xiamen dialect ⓘ |
| influencedBy | local Fujian topolects ⓘ |
| ISOException | no separate ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Chinese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Sinitic languages
|
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup |
Hokkien
ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Southern Min varieties to varying degrees ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese dialects of Fujian
ⓘ
Southern Fujian dialects ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Min dialect continuum
|
| primaryCity | Zhangzhou ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Fujian dialects
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Fujian
Zhangzhou ⓘ
surface form:
Zhangzhou region
|
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Fujian ⓘ Zhangzhou ⓘ |
| standardFor | some overseas Hokkien communities ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinese dialect
ⓘ
Hokkien ⓘ Teochew ⓘ
surface form:
Min Nan
|
| usedBy |
Han Chinese
ⓘ
Hokkien people ⓘ |
| usesScript | Han characters ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Zhangzhou dialect Description of subject: The Zhangzhou dialect is a major Southern Min (Hokkien) variety from Zhangzhou in Fujian, influential in the formation of many overseas Chinese Hokkien dialects.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.