Shexian dialect

E402895

The Shexian dialect is a variety of Chinese belonging to the Huizhou group, traditionally spoken in and around She County in Anhui Province.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jixi dialect 1
Shexian dialect canonical 1
Xiuning dialect 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect
Huizhou Chinese variety
associatedWith Hui merchants history
Huizhou (historical region)
surface form: Huizhou culture
belongsToDialectGroup Shexian subgroup of Huizhou Chinese
closelyRelatedTo Jixi dialect
Tunxi dialect
contrastWith Gan Chinese
Mandarin Chinese
Wu Chinese
country China
culturalRole marker of local identity in She County
endangermentStatus under pressure from Standard Mandarin
geographicDistributionType county-level concentration
hasFeature lexical items distinct from Standard Chinese
mutual unintelligibility with Standard Mandarin for many speakers
phonological differences from Mandarin
preservation of some archaic Chinese features
tonal language
hasSociolinguisticSituation diglossia with Standard Mandarin
historicalRegion former Huizhou Prefecture area
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageCodeStatus no ISO 639-3 code
no distinct ISO 639-1 code
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
linguisticClassificationBasis lexicon
phonology
tone system
linguisticResearchField Chinese dialectology
partOf Huangshan area dialects
phonologicalType Chinese tonal dialect
preservationEfforts local documentation and research by linguists
primaryRegion She County, Huangshan City, Anhui
surface form: She County, Anhui
province Anhui
surface form: Anhui Province
regionType Huizhou (historical region)
surface form: Huizhou cultural region
scriptDirection left-to-right (modern usage)
shiftTrend younger generations increasingly using Mandarin
spokenIn She County, Huangshan City, Anhui
surrounding areas of She County, Anhui
standardVarietyOf local Huizhou speech in She County
subgroupOf Huizhou Chinese
usedBy local residents of She County
usedIn daily communication
local culture and traditions
usedInEducation rarely used as medium of formal instruction
usedInMedia limited use in local informal media
writingSystem Chinese characters

Referenced by (4)

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

Huizhou (historical region) hasDialect Shexian dialect
Huizhou Chinese hasDialect Shexian dialect
this entity surface form: Xiuning dialect
Huizhou Chinese hasDialect Shexian dialect
this entity surface form: Jixi dialect
Huizhou Chinese hasDialect Shexian dialect
this entity surface form: Yixian dialect