Pinghua

Pinghua
平话
Pinghua written in Chinese characters
Native toChina, Vietnam
EthnicityHan, Zhuang, San Chay
Native speakers
7+ million (2016)[1]
Varieties
  • Northern Pinghua
  • Southern Pinghua
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cnp – Northern
csp – Southern
Glottologping1245
Linguasphere79-AAA-o
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese平話
Simplified Chinese平话
Cantonese YalePìhng Wá
Hanyu PinyinPínghuà
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPínghuà
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationPìhng Wá
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese廣西平話
Simplified Chinese广西平话
Cantonese YaleGwóngsāi Pìhng Wá
Hanyu PinyinGuǎngxī Pínghuà
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuǎngxī Pínghuà
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGwóngsāi Pìhng Wá
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Pinghua[a] is a pair of Sinitic languages spoken mainly in parts of Guangxi, with some speakers in Hunan. Pinghua is a trade language in some areas of Guangxi, spoken as a second language by speakers of Zhuang languages. Some speakers are officially classified as Zhuang, and many are genetically distinct from most other Han Chinese.[2] The northern subgroup is centered on Guilin and the southern subgroup around Nanning. The Southern dialect has several notable features such as having four distinct checked tones, and using various loanwords from the Zhuang languages, such as the final particle wei for imperative sentences.

  1. ^ Chappell, Hilary; Li, Lan (2016). "Mandarin and Other Sinitic Languages". In Chan, Sin-Wai (ed.). The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language. Oxon: Routledge. pp. 605–628. ISBN 978-1-317-38249-2.
  2. ^ Gan, Rui-Jing; Pan, Shang-Ling; Mustavich, Laura F.; et al. (2008). "Pinghua Population as an Exception of Han Chinese's Coherent Genetic Structure". Journal of Human Genetics. 53 (4): 303–313. doi:10.1007/s10038-008-0250-x. PMID 18270655.


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