Xiang Chinese

E42101
Chinese language variety Sinitic language language

Xiang Chinese is a major Sinitic language variety spoken primarily in Hunan province and surrounding regions in south-central China.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Xiang Chinese canonical 34
Hsiang Chinese 1

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 (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire → hasLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Han Chinese → primaryLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Shaoshan → languageUsed → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Xiangtan → language → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Chinese language → hasPart → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Mao Zedong family → language → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Middle Chinese → ancestorOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
East Asian languages → includesLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Zhuzhou → localDialect → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Hengyang → localDialect → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Shaoyang → hasLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Yongzhou → language → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Loudi → language → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Tianxin District → hasLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Tujia language → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Tujia language → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Tujia language → shiftedTo → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Pinghua → distinctFrom → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Liuyang → hasLocalDialect → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Chen-Xu dialect group → subgroupOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Kaifu District → hasLocalDialect → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Yong-Quan dialect group → subclassOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Ningxiang → languageUsed → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Xiangnan (southern Hunan) cultural region → hasOfficialLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
subject surface form: Xiangnan cultural region
hsn → represents → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
hsn → hasName → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
hsn → hasName → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hsiang Chinese
hsn → glottologName → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
New Xiang → subgroupOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Old Xiang → subclassOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Chang-Yi dialect group → subclassOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Hengzhou dialect group → subgroupOf → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Xiangxiang City → languageUsed → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan city cluster → regionalDialect → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
Shaoqi → nativeLanguage → Xiang Chinese ⓘ
subject surface form: Liu Shaoqi