Xiang Chinese
E42101
Xiang Chinese is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in Hunan province and surrounding regions in south-central China.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese language variety
ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| borderingLanguageVariety |
Gan Chinese
ⓘ
Southwestern Mandarin ⓘ Yue Chinese ⓘ |
| geographicCore | Xiang River basin ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hsiang
ⓘ
Hunan dialect ⓘ Hunan cuisine (Xiang cuisine) ⓘ
surface form:
Hunanese
湘方言 ⓘ 湘语 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Chang-Yi dialect group
ⓘ
Chen-Xu dialect group ⓘ Hengzhou dialect group ⓘ Lou-Shao dialect group ⓘ Loudi ⓘ
surface form:
Loudi Xiang
New Xiang ⓘ Old Xiang ⓘ Yong-Quan dialect group ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | xiang1251 ⓘ |
| hasISO639_3Code | hsn ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature | significant internal dialectal variation ⓘ |
| hasMajorCenter |
Changsha
ⓘ
Xiangtan ⓘ Zhuzhou ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | tens of millions ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex tone system
ⓘ
retention of voiced obstruents in some dialects ⓘ tone sandhi ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gan Chinese
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Chinese varieties to a limited degree ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | none ⓘ |
| isUsedIn |
daily communication
ⓘ
local culture and folk arts ⓘ local media ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Chinese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Sinitic
|
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Xiang River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Xiang River
|
| region |
Hunan Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Hunan
Central China ⓘ
surface form:
south-central China
|
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Guizhou Province ⓘ
surface form:
Guizhou province
Hubei Province ⓘ
surface form:
Hubei province
Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Hunan province
Jiangxi Province ⓘ
surface form:
Jiangxi province
Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Sichuan province
Central China ⓘ
surface form:
south-central China
|
| subclassOf |
Chinese
ⓘ
Chinese language ⓘ
surface form:
Sinitic
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.