E language
Encyclopedia
E is a Tai
–Chinese
mixed language
. It is spoken by about 30000 people, most of whom are classified as Zhuang by the Chinese government, living in the villages of Yongle and Sanfang Districts, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County
, Guangxi
.
The grammar is Tai, based on Northern Zhuang, Mulam
, or Kam
. The vocabulary is largely Chinese, based on Tuguai Pinghua and Guiliu Southwestern Mandarin
.
Tai languages
The Tai or Zhuang–Tai languages are a branch of the Tai–Kadai language family. The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Burma's Shan language;...
–Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
mixed language
Mixed language
A mixed language is a language that arises through the fusion of two source languages, normally in situations of thorough bilingualism, so that it is not possible to classify the resulting language as belonging to either of the language families that were its source...
. It is spoken by about 30000 people, most of whom are classified as Zhuang by the Chinese government, living in the villages of Yongle and Sanfang Districts, Rongshui Miao Autonomous County
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is an autonomous county in the north eastern part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China....
, Guangxi
Guangxi
Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...
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The grammar is Tai, based on Northern Zhuang, Mulam
Mulam language
The Mulam language is a Kam–Sui language spoken mainly in Luocheng County, Hechi, northern Guangxi by the Mulao people. The greatest concentrations are in Dongmen and Siba communes. Their autonym is mu6 lam1...
, or Kam
Kam language
The Kam language, or Nyingwom , is one of the Savanna languages spoken in eastern Nigeria.It was labeled as branch "G8" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal, and is now thought to be closest to the Waja languages....
. The vocabulary is largely Chinese, based on Tuguai Pinghua and Guiliu Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin , also known as Upper Yangtze Mandarin , is a primary branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken by Han Chinese people throughout many regions of central and southwestern China, such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, most parts of Hubei, the western part of Hunan, the northern...
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