Sinitic language
C7051
concept
A Sinitic language is any member of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, characterized by tonal phonology, analytic grammar, and a shared historical connection to Classical Chinese.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinitic language variety | 65 |
| Sinitic language canonical | 33 |
| Chinese topolect | 18 |
| Southern Min language | 9 |
| Southern Min dialect | 7 |
| Sinitic lect | 5 |
| Chinese lect | 3 |
| Hakka language | 2 |
| Sinitic language branch | 2 |
| Min Chinese branch | 1 |
| Sinitic-area minority language | 1 |
| Sinitic-region minority language | 1 |
| SiniticLanguage | 1 |
| Wu Chinese lect | 1 |
| Xiang Chinese | 1 |
| Yue Chinese dialect | 1 |
| historical Chinese dialect | 1 |
| 汉语支语言 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Sinitic language
Generated description
A Sinitic language is any member of the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, characterized by tonal phonology, analytic grammar, and a shared historical connection to Classical Chinese.
Instances (131)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Min | Sinitic language branch |
| Qiongwen | Southern Min language |
| Qiongzhou dialect | Southern Min dialect |
| Haikou Hainanese | Sinitic lect |
| Banlam | Sinitic language variety |
| Qionghai Hainanese | Chinese topolect |
| Lingao-area Hainanese | Sinitic lect |
| Wu Chinese | — |
| Nanchang dialect | Sinitic language variety |
| Changdu Gan | Sinitic language variety |
| Jicha Gan | Chinese lect |
| Taiyuan dialect | Chinese topolect |
| Changzhi dialect | Sinitic language variety |
| Datong Gan | Sinitic language variety |
| Yiping Gan | Sinitic language variety |
| Jinyu | Sinitic language variety |
| Linfen dialect | Sinitic language variety |
| Meixian dialect | Sinitic language variety |
| Moiyan Hakka | Sinitic language variety |
| Meixian tuhua | Sinitic language variety |
| Old Hsiang | — |
| Shuangfeng Old Xiang | Sinitic language variety |
| Xiang dialect continuum | Sinitic language variety |
| Anhua Xiang | Chinese topolect |
| Taoyuan Xiang | Chinese topolect |
| Dongkou Xiang | Chinese lect |
| Xinshao Xiang | Chinese topolect |
| Lingao language | Sinitic-area minority language |
| Shui language | Sinitic-region minority language |
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Northern Kam (North Dong)
surface form:
Northern Kam
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Sinitic language variety |
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Southern Kam (South Dong)
surface form:
Southern Kam
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Sinitic language variety |