Dongxiang language
E300210
The Dongxiang language is a Mongolic language spoken primarily by the Dongxiang ethnic group in Gansu Province, China, notable for heavy influence from Chinese and Turkic languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dongxiang language canonical | 3 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mongolic language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Santa
ⓘ
Santa language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | generally accepted as Mongolic but with heavy contact-induced change ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bonan language
ⓘ
Monguor language ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| endangermentCause | increasing dominance of Mandarin Chinese in education and media ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Dongxiang
ⓘ
surface form:
Dongxiang ethnic group
|
| glottocode | sant1410 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
eastern Dongxiang dialect
ⓘ
southern Dongxiang dialect ⓘ western Dongxiang dialect ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
Turkic loanwords ⓘ agglutinative morphology ⓘ extensive Chinese loanwords ⓘ vowel harmony (partially retained) ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
Arabic (via Islamic religious vocabulary)
ⓘ
Persian (via Islamic religious vocabulary) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom | Chinese dialects of Gansu ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
bilingualism in Mandarin among most speakers
ⓘ
limited intergenerational transmission in some areas ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | no widely used standard writing system ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Arabic language
ⓘ
Chinese language ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sce ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Mongolic languages ⓘ |
| languageShiftTowards | Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfSpeakers | Islam ⓘ |
| region |
Hezhou area of Gansu
ⓘ
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Dongxiang
ⓘ
surface form:
Dongxiang people
|
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Gansu Province ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Mongolic languages ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
lack of grammatical gender
ⓘ
postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ |
| usedIn | daily communication within Dongxiang communities ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.