Moiyan Hakka
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Moiyan Hakka is a major dialect of Hakka Chinese traditionally spoken in and around Meixian (Moiyan) in Guangdong, often regarded as a representative or prestige form of Hakka.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sinitic language variety
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dialect ⓘ variety of Hakka Chinese ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Meixian Hakka
NERFINISHED
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Meixian dialect of Hakka ⓘ Moiyan dialect of Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Hakka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Hakka dialects of northeastern Guangdong ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| hasAlternativeRomanization |
Meixian Kejiahua
NERFINISHED
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Moiyan Hak-kâ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor | Middle Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
lexicon largely shared with other Hakka varieties but distinct from Mandarin and Cantonese in many basic items
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retention of final nasals -m -n -ŋ ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones on syllables ending in stops
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distinction between voiced and voiceless historical initials reflected in tone categories ⓘ relatively rich inventory of stop and affricate initials ⓘ syllable-final stops -p -t -k ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasPrestigeStatusIn | Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | often used as a reference norm in Hakka broadcasting and recordings ⓘ |
| hasStandardVarietyRole |
basis for some Hakka dictionaries
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basis for some Hakka teaching materials ⓘ |
| influencedBy | surrounding Yue and Gan dialect areas (historically and areally) ⓘ |
| ISO639Status | covered by macrolanguage code for Chinese (zho) rather than having its own ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely mutually intelligible with many other Hakka dialects ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
prestige dialect of Hakka Chinese
ⓘ
representative dialect of Hakka Chinese ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Guangdong ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
NERFINISHED
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Guangdong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Meixian District NERFINISHED ⓘ Meizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Chinese
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Hakka Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Sinitic NERFINISHED ⓘ Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalCenter |
Meixian District
NERFINISHED
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Meizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference variety in Hakka linguistic research
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standard for some descriptions of Hakka phonology ⓘ |
| usedBy | Hakka people in and around Meixian ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.