Sawndip
E545685
Sawndip is the traditional logographic script used for writing the Zhuang language, based largely on adapted Chinese characters.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhuang script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup | Zhuang people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| characterFormationMethod |
invented characters specific to Zhuang
ⓘ
phonetic borrowing from Chinese characters ⓘ semantic borrowing from Chinese characters ⓘ semantic-phonetic compound creation ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | official Zhuang alphabet ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
marker of Zhuang cultural identity
ⓘ
preservation of Zhuang oral literature ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Sawndip Sawdenj (Zhuang character dictionary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestEvidenceCentury | Tang dynasty period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDedicatedUnicodeBlock | false ⓘ |
| historicalUsage |
ballads
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ folk songs ⓘ legal documents ⓘ letters ⓘ medical prescriptions ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | none ⓘ |
| linguisticFunction | representation of Zhuang-specific vocabulary not present in Chinese ⓘ |
| notOfficialStandard | true ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Lingnan region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedScript | Han characters ⓘ |
| scriptComplexity | large and not fully standardized character set ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Chinese character family ⓘ |
| scriptReformImpact | partly replaced by Latin-based Zhuang script ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | traditional and vernacular script ⓘ |
| standardizationEfforts | 20th century and 21st century scholarly cataloguing ⓘ |
| timeDepth | over 1000 years of use ⓘ |
| transliterationTarget | Latin-based Zhuang orthography ⓘ |
| UnicodeStatus | partially encoded via CJK Unified Ideographs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Bouyei language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhuang language NERFINISHED ⓘ local Sinitic varieties in Guangxi ⓘ |
| usedIn |
genealogies
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
| uses |
adapted Chinese characters
ⓘ
locally created characters ⓘ |
| writingDirection |
horizontal, left-to-right
ⓘ
vertical, top-to-bottom ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | logographic ⓘ |
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