Huizhou Chinese

E402894
Chinese dialect group Sinitic language language variety

Huizhou Chinese is a distinctive group of Sinitic dialects spoken in the Huizhou region of southern Anhui, noted for its phonological complexity and significant divergence from Mandarin and other major Chinese varieties.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Huizhou Chinese canonical 4
Huizhou dialect 1
Huizhou dialects 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect group ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
associatedWith Huizhou (historical region) ⓘ
surface form: Huizhou culture

Huizhou merchants ⓘ
consideredOneOf major Chinese dialect groups in some classifications ⓘ
geographicDistribution mountainous areas of southern Anhui ⓘ
glottologCode huiz1238 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
surface form: Huizhou dialects

Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
surface form: Huizhouhua
hasDialect Shexian dialect ⓘ
surface form: Jixi dialect

Qimen dialect ⓘ
Shexian dialect ⓘ
Tunxi dialect ⓘ
Wuyuan dialect ⓘ
Shexian dialect ⓘ
surface form: Xiuning dialect

Shexian dialect ⓘ
surface form: Yixian dialect
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone system ⓘ
preservation of certain Middle Chinese contrasts ⓘ
rich set of consonant initials ⓘ
hasProperty conservative phonological features ⓘ
highly divergent from Gan Chinese ⓘ
highly divergent from Hakka Chinese ⓘ
highly divergent from Mandarin ⓘ
highly divergent from Wu Chinese ⓘ
phonologically complex ⓘ
preservation of entering tone distinctions ⓘ
significant internal dialectal variation ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Chinese characters ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith limited mutual intelligibility with Mandarin ⓘ
limited mutual intelligibility with Wu Chinese ⓘ
languageFamily Chinese language ⓘ
surface form: Sinitic

Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan
linguasphereCode 79-AAA-di ⓘ
regionOfOrigin historical Huizhou prefecture ⓘ
spokenIn China ⓘ
Huizhou ⓘ
surface form: Huizhou region

Jiangxi Province ⓘ
Jixi County ⓘ
Qimen County ⓘ
Shexian County ⓘ
Wuyuan County ⓘ
Xiuning County ⓘ
parts of Zhejiang Province ⓘ
southern Anhui Province ⓘ
subclassOf Chinese language ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan language
usedBy Huizhou people ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Huizhou (historical region) → hasDialect → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
Shexian County → languageRegion → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
Huizhou Chinese → hasAlternativeName → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou dialects
Huizhou Chinese → hasAlternativeName → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhouhua
Shexian dialect → subgroupOf → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
Huizhou opera → usesLanguage → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Huizhou dialect
Wuyuan → hasDialect → Huizhou Chinese ⓘ