Old Xiang
| Old Xiang | |
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| Lou-Shao | |
| Native to | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Hunan |
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Old Xiang, also known as Lou-Shao (
voiced plosives of Middle Chinese, which are otherwise only preserved in Wu languages like Shanghainese. See Shuangfeng dialect for details. Mao Zedong was a speaker of Old Xiang with his native Shaoshan dialect. [citation needed
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Dialects and regions
The Shuangfeng dialect is representative.
| Subdialect | Main Counties | |
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| Xiang-Shuang | Anhua*, Hengshan *
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| Lian-Mei | Anhua, Ningxiang *
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| Xinhua | Xinhua, Lengshuijiang | |
| Shao-Wu | Dongkou *
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| Sui-Hui | Huitong
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| *Small part of this territory is Hunanese-speaking. | ||
Matanghua (麻塘话) is a variety of Old Xiang that is spoken in Matang Ethnic Miao Township (麻塘苗族乡), Suining County, Hunan.[2][3]
References
- OCLC 1137079712.
- ^ Yang, Zaibiao 杨再彪. 2011. Húnán xībù sìzhŏng bīnwēi yŭyán diàochá: Tujiayu, Xiaozhang Miaoyu, Guanxia Pinghua, Matanghua 湖南西部四种濒危语言调查：土家语、小章苗语、关峡平话、麻塘话 [A survey of four endangered languages of western Hunan]. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe 民族出版社.
- ^ Glottolog reference 324002.
Further reading
- Zeng, Ting (2020). "The Xiangxiang dialect of Chinese". Illustrations of the IPA. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 50 (2): 258–281. , with supplementary sound recordings.
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