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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jixi dialect | 1 |
| Shexian dialect canonical | 1 |
| Xiuning dialect | 1 |
| Yixian 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.
this entity surface form:
Xiuning dialect
this entity surface form:
Jixi dialect
this entity surface form:
Yixian dialect