Wuwei dialect

E1047184

The Wuwei dialect is a regional variety of Mandarin Chinese spoken in and around Wuwei in Gansu Province, characterized by phonological and lexical features typical of the Lan–Yin Mandarin group.

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Label Occurrences
Wuwei dialect canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mandarin Chinese dialect
Sinitic language variety
regional dialect
associatedEthnicity Han Chinese NERFINISHED
belongsTo northwestern Mandarin area
closelyRelatedTo Lanzhou dialect
Yinchuan dialect NERFINISHED
country China
dialectGroup Lan–Yin Mandarin NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution rural Wuwei
urban Wuwei
hasFeature lexical items distinct from Standard Mandarin
phonological variation from Standard Mandarin
regional lexical characteristics
regional phonological characteristics
tone system typical of Lan–Yin Mandarin
historicalContext developed within the Lan–Yin Mandarin area of Gansu
influencedBy neighboring northwestern Mandarin dialects
ISO639-3Status not separately coded
languageBranch Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
languageOf local Han Chinese population in Wuwei
linguisticRegion Hexi Corridor NERFINISHED
linguisticTypology analytic language
mutualIntelligibility partially intelligible with Standard Mandarin
phonologicalSystem Mandarin-type consonant and vowel inventory
primaryRegion Wuwei NERFINISHED
province Gansu NERFINISHED
region northwestern China NERFINISHED
scriptUsage primarily oral, written with standard Chinese
sharesFeaturesWith Lan–Yin Mandarin dialects NERFINISHED
spokenIn Wuwei City NERFINISHED
surrounding rural areas of Wuwei
standardInfluence increasing influence from Putonghua
standardLanguage Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED
subclassOf Chinese dialect
Lan–Yin Mandarin NERFINISHED
toneLanguage true
usageTrend still widely used locally
usedFor daily communication
usedIn informal contexts
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Lan–Yin Mandarin hasSubvariety Wuwei dialect