Ningbonese
E317828
Ningbonese is a major regional variety of Chinese spoken in and around the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ningbonese canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese variety
ⓘ
Sinitic language variety ⓘ regional language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Northern Wu
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Wu subgroup
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Shanghainese
ⓘ
Hangzhounese ⓘ
surface form:
Shaoxing dialect
|
| endangermentStatus | under pressure from Mandarin in younger generations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ningbo dialect
ⓘ
Ningbohua ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
rural Ningbo dialects
ⓘ
suburban Ningbo dialects ⓘ urban Ningbo dialect ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
checked tone syllables in some varieties
ⓘ
lexical items not intelligible to Mandarin speakers ⓘ significant phonological differences from Mandarin ⓘ tone language ⓘ voiced obstruents in traditional phonology ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
use of sentence-final particles ⓘ |
| hasLexiconSource |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Standard Mandarin loanwords ⓘ local Wu Chinese vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalSystem |
complex tone sandhi patterns
ⓘ
rich vowel inventory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Standard Chinese
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Mandarin
|
| influences | speech of Ningbo diaspora communities ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | does not have a separate ISO 639-3 code from Wu Chinese ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| moreDistantlyRelatedTo |
Cantonese
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
not mutually intelligible with Standard Mandarin
ⓘ
partially intelligible with other Wu varieties ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Chinese languages
Sinitic languages ⓘ |
| region |
Zhejiang Province
ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Zhejiang
|
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Ningbo-Zhoushan ⓘ
surface form:
Ningbo
Zhejiang Province ⓘ
surface form:
Zhejiang province
|
| status | major regional variety of Chinese ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Wu Chinese ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Standard Chinese
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Mandarin
|
| usedBy | local population of Ningbo ⓘ |
| usedIn |
daily communication in Ningbo
ⓘ
local folk arts in Ningbo ⓘ local media in Ningbo ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.