Changsha dialect
E797540
The Changsha dialect is a variety of Xiang Chinese spoken primarily in the urban area of Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, and serves as the region’s main local vernacular.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese topolect
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ variety of Xiang Chinese ⓘ |
| capitalOfRegionLanguage | Changsha is capital of Hunan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centerOfDialectArea | Changsha urban core NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| differentFrom |
Beijing dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghainese NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Changsha Xiang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Changsha hua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticAncestor |
Middle Chinese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinction between voiced and voiceless historical initials (partially preserved)
ⓘ
multiple lexical tones ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Standard Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influences | speech of younger generations in Changsha ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Sinitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Xiang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Hunan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLocalVernacularOf |
Changsha residents
ⓘ
urban Changsha ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
not fully intelligible with Mandarin for many speakers
ⓘ
partially intelligible with other Xiang dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Xiang subgroup (classification used by some linguists) ⓘ |
| region |
Hunan Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central Hunan NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Hunan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
local population of Changsha
ⓘ
native residents of Changsha urban area ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Changsha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Changsha City proper NERFINISHED ⓘ Changsha metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ urban area of Changsha ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Chinese language variety
ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
local vernacular
ⓘ
spoken everyday language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
family settings
ⓘ
informal communication ⓘ local commerce ⓘ local media (to a limited extent) ⓘ |
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