Southwestern Mandarin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Southwestern_Mandarin

GPTKB entity

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	汉语方言
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Southwest_Mandarin gptkb:Upper_Yangtze_Mandarin
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:glottologCode	sout2732
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Southwestern Mandarin
gptkbp:ISO639-3	cmn
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
gptkbp:linguisticFeature	tonal language distinct vocabulary from Standard Mandarin influenced by Bai, Yi, and Tibetan languages influenced by local languages merger of certain finals neutral tone less common rhotacization less common syllable reduction has fewer retroflex initials than Standard Mandarin
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Chongqing gptkb:Chengdu
gptkbp:notableLanguage	gptkb:Chengdu_dialect gptkb:Chongqing_dialect gptkb:Guiyang_dialect gptkb:Kunming_dialect gptkb:Lanzhou_dialect gptkb:Xining_dialect gptkb:Anshun_dialect gptkb:Baoji_dialect gptkb:Baoshan_dialect gptkb:Bijie_dialect gptkb:Dali_dialect gptkb:Dazhou_dialect gptkb:Deyang_dialect gptkb:Enshi_dialect gptkb:Hanzhong_dialect gptkb:Hezuo_dialect gptkb:Huaihua_dialect gptkb:Jingzhou_dialect gptkb:Leshan_dialect gptkb:Liangshan_dialect gptkb:Linxia_dialect gptkb:Liupanshui_dialect gptkb:Longnan_dialect gptkb:Luzhou_dialect gptkb:Meishan_dialect gptkb:Mianyang_dialect gptkb:Nanchong_dialect gptkb:Neijiang_dialect gptkb:Panzhihua_dialect gptkb:Qianjiang_dialect gptkb:Qujing_dialect gptkb:Shiyan_dialect gptkb:Suining_dialect gptkb:Tianshui_dialect gptkb:Tongdao_dialect gptkb:Tongren_dialect gptkb:Wanzhou_dialect gptkb:Xiangxi_dialect gptkb:Xiangyang_dialect gptkb:Xichang_dialect gptkb:Yibin_dialect gptkb:Yichang_dialect gptkb:Yuxi_dialect gptkb:Zhaotong_dialect gptkb:Zigong_dialect gptkb:Zunyi_dialect Lhasa dialect (influenced areas)
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	~260 million
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:China gptkb:Chongqing gptkb:Guizhou gptkb:Hubei gptkb:Hunan gptkb:Shaanxi gptkb:Gansu gptkb:Guangxi gptkb:Sichuan gptkb:Yunnan parts of Tibet
gptkbp:status	not mutually intelligible with Standard Mandarin for some speakers most widely spoken Mandarin dialect group after Standard Mandarin used in media and popular culture in southwestern China
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Sinitic
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4