Shui language

E893921

The Shui language is a Kam–Sui (Kra–Dai) language spoken primarily by the Shui ethnic group in Guizhou Province, China.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shui language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kam–Sui language
Kra–Dai language
Sinitic-region minority language
closelyRelatedTo Kam language
Mak language
Maonan language
Sui–Maonan subgroup
contactLanguage Southwestern Mandarin
Standard Chinese
country People's Republic of China
linked to: China
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Shui people
geographicDistribution Dushan County
Huishui County
Libo County
Nandan County, Guangxi
Pingtang County
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
Rongjiang County
glottocode shui1238
hasAlternativeName Sui language
hasDialects Dushan dialect
Huishui dialect
Libo dialect
Nandan dialect
Pingtang dialect
Rongjiang dialect
Sandu dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tones
syllable-final stops
tonal language
voiceless sonorants
languageCodeISO639-3 swi
languageFamily Kam–Sui
Kra–Dai
minorityLanguageStatus recognized minority language in China
primaryRegion Sandu Shui Autonomous County
Southern Guizhou
linked to: Guizhou Province
region Southwest China
scriptName Shuishu
scriptType logographic script
spokenIn China
Guizhou Province
subfamily Northern Kam–Sui
linked to: Northern Kam
traditionalScriptUse divination texts
religious manuscripts
ritual texts
usedBy Shui ethnic group
writingSystem Chinese characters
Shui script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Sui language hasAlternativeName Shui language