Hunan linguistic area

E798336

The Hunan linguistic area is a region in south-central China characterized by a cluster of related Chinese dialects, including the Yong-Quan group, that share distinctive phonological and lexical features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf areal linguistic grouping
linguistic area
characterizedBy cluster of related Chinese dialects
shared lexical features
shared phonological features
country China
distinguishedFrom neighboring Guangxi linguistic areas
neighboring Hubei linguistic areas
neighboring Jiangxi linguistic areas
hasBoundaryType linguistic rather than administrative boundaries
hasCenter southern Hunan
hasFeature areal diffusion of linguistic traits
distinctive phonology
distinctive vocabulary
hasLanguageVariety Chinese dialects
hasLexicalProperty shared regional vocabulary items
hasPart Quanzhou dialects NERFINISHED
Yong-Quan group NERFINISHED
Yongzhou dialects
hasPeripheralRegion border areas with Guangdong
border areas with Guangxi
hasPhonologicalProperty shared sound changes among member dialects
hasResearchTopic contact-induced change among Chinese dialects
dialect convergence in Hunan
internal classification of Yong-Quan group
hasTemporalProperty modern linguistic area
hasTypeOfIsogloss lexical isoglosses
phonological isoglosses
influencedBy historical migration within Hunan
influences regional identity in Hunan
languageFamily Sinitic NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hunan Province NERFINISHED
south-central China NERFINISHED
overlapsWith Mandarin-speaking region of Hunan
Xiang-speaking region
relatedTo Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED
Xiang Chinese NERFINISHED
studiedIn Chinese dialectology
areal linguistics
usedIn comparative studies of Chinese dialects

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Yong-Quan dialect group belongsTo Hunan linguistic area