Shuangfeng dialect

Shuangfeng dialect
Shuangfeng dialect
雙峰話
Native to	China
Region	Shuangfeng, Hunan province
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Xiang Old Xiang (Lou-Shao) Shuangfeng dialect; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	hsn-luo
Glottolog	shua1258
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The Shuangfeng dialect (simplified Chinese: 双峰话; traditional Chinese: 雙峰話; pinyin: Shuāngfēnghuà) is a dialect of Xiang Chinese, spoken in Shuangfeng County, Hunan province, China.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants of the Shuangfeng dialect
		bilabial	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	retroflex	velar
nasal		m	n	ɲ		ŋ
plosives	voiced	b	d			ɡ
	unaspirated	p	t			k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
fricatives	voiced					ɣ
fricatives	voiceless		s	ɕ	ʂ	x
affricates	voiced		dz	dʑ	dʐ
	unaspirated		ts	tɕ	tʂ
	aspirated		tsʰ	tɕʰ	tʂʰ
approximants			l

Vowels

Vowels/Combinations of the Shuangfeng dialect
		Oral						Nasal
Medial		∅	coda	a	e	i	u	n	ŋ	∅	i
Nucleus	∅						əu		ɒŋ	æ̃
	Vowel	i		ia	ie			iɛn	iɒŋ	ĩ	iĩ
		y		ya	ye			yɛn
		a						an
		e
		o	io
		ɤ	iɤ
		ʊ	iʊ
		u		ua	ue	ui		uan			uĩ
Syllabic		ɹ̩						n̩		m̩
Syllabic		ɻ̩

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:

Tone chart of the Shuangfeng dialect
Tone number	Tone name	Tone contour	Description
1	yin ping (陰平)	˥ (55)	high
2	yang ping (陽平)	˨˧ (23)	low rising
3	shang sheng (上聲)	˨˩ (21)	low
4	yin qu (陰去)	˧˥ (35)	high rising
5	yang qu (陽去)	˧ (33)	mid