Bai language
E721207
The Bai language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Bai ethnic group in Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sino-Tibetan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| approximateSpeakers | over 1 million ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Bai ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Sino-Tibetan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | northwestern Yunnan ⓘ |
| glottocode | bais1244 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Bo language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minjia (historical exonym) ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Bijiang Bai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dali Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ Jianchuan Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ Lijiang Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct non-Chinese core vocabulary
ⓘ
loanwords from Chinese ⓘ strong Chinese lexical influence ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContactWith |
Burmese languages
ⓘ
Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | tone sandhi in some dialects ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | bca ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | classification debated ⓘ |
| languageOf | Bai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | analytic language ⓘ |
| majorDialect | Dali Bai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
Mandarin Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naxi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yi languages ⓘ |
| possibleSubgroup |
Sinitic languages
ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEthnicGroup | Bai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunming NERFINISHED ⓘ Lijiang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | none ⓘ |
| script |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern China ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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