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Sinitic languages

The Sinitic languages (simplified Chinese: 汉语族; traditional Chinese: 漢語族; pinyin: Hànyǔ zú) are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is frequently proposed that there is a primary split between the Sinitic languages and the rest of the family (the Tibeto-Burman languages). This…

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Ethnicity
Han Chinese, Hui, Bai
Geographic distribution
East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, and other Overseas Communities
Glottolog
sini1245 Sinitic macr1275 Macro-Bai
ISO 639-5
zhx
Linguistic classification
Sinitic
Proto-language
Proto-Sinitic

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Sinitic languages

Nodes253
Edges252
Triples129
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007905
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Sinitic languages

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related to Writing system · 16
Sinitic languages → Cyrillic, Dungan, Even, Examples, Hakka, Hokkien, However, Latin, Mandarin, Note, Sinitic, Sinographs, Typographically, Wu, Xiang, Yue
related to Grammar · 14
Sinitic languages → Beijingese, Disregarding, Guangzhou, Hengshannese, Linxianese, Mandarin, Northern Wu, Notice, Shanghainese, Sinitic, Suzhounese, SVO, The, Verb
related to Internal classification · 14
Sinitic languages → Chinese, Even, However, Huizhou, Jin, Like Bai, Little, Middle Chinese, Min, Old Chinese, Pinghua, Qieyun, Sinitic, The
related to Phonology · 11
Sinitic languages → Bobainese, Cantonese, Phonologically, Pingdingnese, Shanghainese, Sinitic, Suzhounese, Take, Tone, Wu, Xuanzhounese
related to Languages · 8
Sinitic languages → Chinese, Dialectologist Jerry Norman, Macro-Bai, Shaozhou Tuhua, Sinitic, Some, The Sinitic, They
related to Internal comparison · 6
Sinitic languages → Bai, Cai, Long Sinitic, Old Chinese, The, Though
related to Points of contention · 3
Sinitic languages → Like, Sinitic, The
Subdivisions · 2
Sinitic languages → Chinese, Macro-Bai?
Ethnicity · 1
Sinitic languages → Han Chinese, Hui, Bai
Geographic distribution · 1
Sinitic languages → East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, and other Overseas Communities

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mandarin languages chinese sinitic wu northern varieties min language hakka gan xiang central lects though tone yue spoken southern also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sinitic languagesEthnicityHan Chinese, Hui, Bai1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesGeographic distributionEast Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, North Asia, and other Overseas Communities1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesGlottologsini1245 Sinitic macr1275 Macro-Bai1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesISO 639-5zhx1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesLinguistic classificationSinitic1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesProto-languageProto-Sinitic1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesSubdivisionsChinese1.00infobox
Sinitic languagesSubdivisionsMacro-Bai?1.00infobox
Yangzhouneseinstance ofthough lects0.80text
Taiyuannese show otherwise.Northeasterninstance ofthough lects0.80text
Beijing MandarinNortheastern Mandarin is spoken in Heilongjianginstance ofthough lects0.80text
Jilininstance ofthough lects0.80text

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