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