Ji–Xu Xiang

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Ji-Xu Xiang
吉漵片 / 辰溆片
Native to
People's Republic of China
RegionHunan
Native speakers
(undated figure of 3.4 million[citation needed])
Chinese characters
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ISO 639-6jiix
Glottologjish1242
Linguasphere79-AAA-eac
Ji-Xu Xiang is in pink. Two grey regions in the west of the pink are sometimes considered Ji-Xu-speaking.

Ji–Xu Xiang (

Chenxi and Xupu subgroup'), is a Xiang Chinese language spoken in western Hunan that does not fit into the traditional New XiangOld Xiang dichotomy. It is geographically separated from the New Xiang
dialects that it was traditionally grouped with.

Dialects

In the Language Atlas of China (1987), Xiang was divided into three subgroups. Their Ji-Xu subgroup comprised varieties spoken in the counties of

Yuanling.[1]
Bao and Chen (2005) identified five subgroups of Xiang. Their Chen-Xu subgroup included varieties spoken in

References