Wuming Zhuang

E545686

Wuming Zhuang is a major variety of the Zhuang language spoken primarily in the Wuming District of Guangxi, China.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wuming Zhuang canonical 3
Wuming Northern Zhuang 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language variety
variety of the Zhuang language
belongsTo Zhuang macrolanguage
linked to: Zhuang language
closelyRelatedTo Standard Zhuang
other Northern Zhuang varieties
country China
endangermentStatus vigorous in core area
ethnicGroup Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang people
geographicDistribution central Guangxi
hasAlternativeName Wuming Northern Zhuang
linked to: Wuming Zhuang

Wuming dialect of Zhuang
linked to: Wuming dialect
hasGlottologStatus treated as part of Northern Zhuang cluster in some classifications
hasISOCode none
hasLinguisticFeature SVO basic word order
classifier system
use of aspect markers
hasMorphologyType isolating
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
tone language
hasResearchField Tai–Kadai linguistics
hasRole regional lingua franca in Wuming District
hasStandardizationRole reference dialect for Northern Zhuang descriptions
hasToneSystem multiple lexical tones
influencedBy Standard Chinese
Yue Chinese varieties
linked to: Yue Chinese
isPartOf Zhuang dialect continuum
linked to: Zhuang language
languageBranch Northern Tai
languageFamily Tai–Kadai
linguisticTypology analytic language
region southern China
spokenIn China
Guangxi
linked to: Guangxi Province

Wuming District
standardVarietyOf some descriptions of Northern Zhuang
status regional language variety
studiedBy field linguists working in Guangxi
subclassOf Northern Zhuang
Zhuang language
usedBy Zhuang people
usedFor daily communication among Zhuang in Wuming District
oral tradition and folk songs in Wuming area
usedIn local education in Wuming District (informally)
local media in Wuming area
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin-based Zhuang script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Zhuang language hasDialects Wuming Zhuang
Central Tai hasLanguage Wuming Zhuang
Northern Tai hasMember Wuming Zhuang
Wuming Zhuang hasAlternativeName Wuming Northern Zhuang
linked to: Wuming Zhuang