Southern Pinghua

E706028

Southern Pinghua is a major branch of the Pinghua group of Chinese varieties, spoken primarily in parts of Guangxi in southern China and distinguished by its unique phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sinitic language variety
branch of Pinghua
contrastedWith Northern Pinghua NERFINISHED
country China
family Sino-Tibetan NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution central Guangxi NERFINISHED
southern Guangxi
hasAlternativeName Nanbu Pinghua NERFINISHED
Southern Pinghua Chinese NERFINISHED
hasFeature Chinese character–based writing in formal contexts
distinct lexicon
distinct phonology
tone language
hasHistoricalRelation other Yue and Southwest Mandarin varieties
hasLexicalCharacteristic lexical items distinct from Cantonese
lexical items distinct from Standard Mandarin
hasPhonologicalCharacteristic complex tone system
initial and rime systems distinct from Mandarin
tone categories influenced by neighboring Yue varieties
hasResearchField Chinese dialectology
hasSociolinguisticSituation coexists with Mandarin as lingua franca
often used in informal settings
hasType spoken vernacular
influencedBy Cantonese NERFINISHED
Zhuang languages NERFINISHED
isBranchOf Pinghua Chinese NERFINISHED
languageGroup Pinghua Chinese NERFINISHED
languageStatus regional language variety
linguisticClassification Chinese topolect
mutualIntelligibility limited mutual intelligibility with Cantonese
not fully mutually intelligible with Mandarin
neighboringTo Cantonese-speaking areas of Guangxi
Southwestern Mandarin–speaking areas of Guangxi
partOf Pinghua group NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Guangxi NERFINISHED
spokenIn Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
southern China NERFINISHED
studiedIn sociolinguistics of Guangxi
subclassOf Chinese language variety
Pinghua
subfamily Sinitic
usedBy Han Chinese communities in Guangxi
some Zhuang communities in Guangxi
usedInDomain daily oral communication
local culture and folklore
writingSystem Chinese characters (when written)

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Pinghua hasDialect Southern Pinghua