Youjiang Zhuang dialect cluster
E1035006
The Youjiang Zhuang dialect cluster is a group of closely related Zhuang language varieties spoken in the Youjiang region of Guangxi, China, forming part of the Central Tai branch of the Tai–Kadai language family.
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tai language variety
ⓘ
Zhuang language variety ⓘ dialect cluster ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Standard Zhuang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Central Tai varieties ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Zhuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Tai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | little inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive lexical tone
ⓘ
initial consonant clusters reduced or simplified ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional minority language variety in China ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SVO word order ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
analytic language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin-based Zhuang script ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Zhuang dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Central Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tai–Kadai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Tai branch
ⓘ
Tai–Kadai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Guangxi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Youjiang River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Youjiang region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Tai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhuang language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Zhuang people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | local oral communication in Youjiang region ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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