The Shuangfeng dialect () is a dialect of
Xiang Chinese
Xiang or Hsiang (; ); Changsha Xiang: ''sian1 y3'', also known as Hunanese (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages, spoken mainly in Hunan province but also in northern Guangxi and parts of neighborin ...
, spoken in
Shuangfeng County
Shuangfeng County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City.
Located on the east central part of the province, it is adjacent to the southeast of the city proper of Loudi. The county i ...
,
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...
province,
China
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.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Tones
Phonemically, Shuangfeng dialect has three tones. Phonetically, however, the pitch of a syllable depends on the voicing of the initial consonant so the tones are counted as five:
See also
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Xiang Chinese
Xiang or Hsiang (; ); Changsha Xiang: ''sian1 y3'', also known as Hunanese (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages, spoken mainly in Hunan province but also in northern Guangxi and parts of neighborin ...
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List of Chinese dialects
The following is a list of Sinitic languages and their dialects. For a traditional dialectological overview, see also varieties of Chinese.
Classification
'Chinese' is a blanket term covering the many different varieties spoken across China. ...
References
*Běijīng dàxué zhōngguó yǔyán wénxué xì yǔyán xué jiàoyánshì. (1989) H''ànyǔ fāngyīn zìhuì''. Běijīng: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè.(北京大學中國語言文學系語言學教研室. 1989. 漢語方音字匯. 北京: 文字改革出版社)
*Coblin, W. South. (2011). Comparative Phonology of the Central Xiāng Dialects. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
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Norman, Jerry.
988
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Fall – Emperor Basil II, supported by a contingent of 6,000 Varangians ...
(2002). ''Chinese''. Cambridge, England: CUP
*Wu, Yunji. (2005). ''A Synchronic and diachronic study of the grammar of the Chinese Xiang dialects''. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
*Yuán, jiāhuá (1989). ''Hànyǔ fāngyán gàiyào'' (An introduction to Chinese dialects). Beijing, China: Wénzì gǎigé chūbǎn shè. (袁家驊. 1989. 漢語方言概要. 北京:文字改革出版社.)
External links
Cantonese and other dialects(in Chinese)
Classification of Xiang Dialects from Glossika
Xiang Chinese
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