Pinghua

Pinghua
平话
Pinghua written in Chinese characters
Native to	China, Vietnam
Ethnicity	Han, Zhuang, San Chay
Native speakers	7+ million (2016)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Pinghua
Dialects	Northern Pinghua Southern Pinghua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: cnp – Northern csp – Southern
Glottolog	ping1245  Northern and Southern nort3268  Northern sout3250  Southern
Linguasphere	79-AAA-o
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	平話
Simplified Chinese	平话
Cantonese Yale	Pìhng Wá
Hanyu Pinyin	Pínghuà
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pínghuà Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Pìhng Wá
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	廣西平話
Simplified Chinese	广西平话
Cantonese Yale	Gwóngsāi Pìhng Wá
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngxī Pínghuà
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngxī Pínghuà Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwóngsāi Pìhng Wá
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Pinghua^[a] refers to various Sinitic language varieties 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.

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